15 Cases found
Kennedy v. Biden
Filing Date: 2023
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. La.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 03/24/2023 ]
Description: Class action lawsuit alleging that federal defendants violated the First Amendment by by inducing social-media companies to censor others’ protected speech, including speech regarding climate change.
CANA Foundation v. U.S. Department of Interior
Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D. Nev.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/02/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management decision to remove wild horses and burros from Herd Management Areas in Nevada.
Better Path Coalition Planning Group v. City of Harrisburg
Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: M.D. Pa.
Status: Litigation to remain stayed pending further order of court. [ 03/10/2023 ]
Description: First Amendment challenge by climate activists to City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's system for regulating use of its traditional public forums for expressive purposes.
Durand v. Echols
Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Ga.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 11/15/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that a Georgia Public Service Commissioner violated an individual's free speech rights by blocking her criticism of the Commissioner's positions on energy issues on Twitter and Facebook.
HOPE of Kentucky, LLC v. Cameron
Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Ky.
Status: Motion to dismiss granted in part and case remanded to state court for further proceedings. [ 09/28/2023 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to block the Kentucky Attorney General's investigation of banks' ESG investment practices.
Direct Energy Services, LLC v. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority
Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Conn.
Status: Trial court judgment for PURA affirmed. [ 07/05/2023 ]
Description: Retail energy suppliers' challenge to geographic and marketing restrictions imposed by the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority on voluntary renewable offers (products consisting of renewable energy credits bundled with electric supply).
In re Exxon Mobil Corp.
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Tex.
Status: Petition for review denied. [ 02/18/2022 ]
Description: Exxon Mobil Corporation petition seeking pre-suit depositions and documents in anticipation of potential claims of abuse of process, conspiracy, infringement of Exxon's rights in connection with California municipalities' climate change lawsuits.
Willmeng v. City of Thornton
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Colo.
Status: Stipulation filed. [ 10/20/2018 ]
Description: First Amendment lawsuit brought by two Colorado residents against Colorado city and its mayor pro tem for blocking their comments about hydraulic fracturing.
Animal Legal Defense Fund v. United States
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Reply brief filed by plaintiffs-appellants. [ 10/19/2021 ]
Description: Claims against the federal government alleging violations of a constitutional right to wilderness and seeking order requiring the government to prepare and implement a remedial plan to mitigate climate change impacts.
Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Walker
Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Tex.
Status: Joint stipulation of dismissal filed. [ 06/29/2016 ]
Description: Action by Exxon Mobil Corporation to quash subpoena issued by the U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General in climate change investigation.
Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Healey
Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: 2d Cir.
Status: Appeal dismissed as to the New York Attorney General and dismissal of complaint affirmed as to Massachusetts Attorney General. [ 03/15/2022 ]
Description: Action by Exxon Mobil Corporation to bar enforcement of civil investigative demand issued by Massachusetts attorney general and subpoena issued by New York attorney general.
First Parish in Bedford, Unitarian Universalist v. Historic District Commission of Town of Bedford
Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: Mass. App. Ct.
Status: Settlement reached and Town's appeal withdrawn. [ 12/12/2018 ]
Description: Challenge by church to town's denial of application for certificate of appropriateness allowing installation of solar panels on the church's meetinghouse.
Schmid v. Sonoma Clean Power
Filing Date: 2014
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Memorandum issued. [ 01/23/2017 ]
Description: Challenge to automatic enrollment procedures for alternative, cleaner-energy electricity service provider.
United States v. Sholtz
Filing Date: 2005
Court/Admin Entity: C.D. Cal.
Status: Non-party motion to unseal documents partially granted. [ 12/15/2009 ]
Description: Proceedings seeking access to judicial records concerning alleged fraudulent pollution credit trading scheme in California.