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19 Cases found

Energy Policy Advocates v. Attorney General’s Office

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Vt. Super. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 06/01/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking communications and other records, including emails regarding climate change, from Vermont attorney general's office.
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Energy Policy Advocates v. Nessel

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Mich. Ct. Cl.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 05/27/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to compel disclosure of correspondence and other records of the Michigan Department of Attorney General that allegedly concerned the Department's "involvement with outside pressure groups and plaintiff’s tort attorneys.”
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Energy Policy Advocates v. Office of the Attorney General

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Mass. Super. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 07/08/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel disclosure of communications between the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General and outside lawyers.
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Energy Policy Advocates v. Ellison

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Minn. Dist. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 07/08/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel disclosure of records related to the relationship between the Minnesota Attorney General and an outside group that funds "special attorneys general" to advance progressive climate change positions.
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Energy Policy Advocates v. Balderas

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: N.M. Dist. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 06/15/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel disclosure of the New Mexico Attorney General's communications and agreements with other states' attorneys general offices.
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Energy Policy Advocates v. City of Baltimore Department of Law

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Md. Cir. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 03/26/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel the Baltimore Law Department to disclose agreements and correspondence with law firm representing it in climate nuisance litigation as well as correspondence with certain activists.
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Energy Policy Advocates v. Office of the Attorney General

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Wash. Super. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 02/05/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel the Washington attorney general to disclose correspondence with climate activists who allegedly "campaigned for attorneys general to pursue opponents of their preferred policies, and to assist a private tort litigation campaign."
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Energy Policy Advocates v. Ellison

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: Minn. Dist. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 08/14/2019 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to compel disclosure of information related to program to place private attorneys in Minnesota attorney general's office.
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Competitive Enterprise Institute v. Regents of the University of California

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 11/08/2018 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking correspondence and other records of UCLA Law School professors in connection with alleged work with outside parties to develop legal cases against opponents of climate change regulation.
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Center for Media & Democracy v. Hunter

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: Okla.
Status: Order issued staying enforcement of trial court order. [ 02/28/2017 ]
Description: Action to compel response by Oklahoma attorney general to Open Records Act request for documents regarding industry ties of attorney general Scott Pruitt.
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Millennium Bulk Terminals Longview, LLC v. Washington State Department of Ecology

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: Wash. Ct. App.
Status: Dismissal of case affirmed. [ 02/25/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit by coal export terminal developer seeking to compel production of documents related to the Department of Ecology's analysis of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Energy & Environmental Legal Institute v. Attorney General of New York

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: N.Y. Sup. Ct.
Status: Petition filed. [ 10/17/2017 ]
Description: Action to compel production of New York attorney general's correspondence with Vermont attorney general using private email account.
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Energy & Environmental Legal Institute v. Attorney General of Vermont

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: Vt. Super. Ct.
Status: Attorney general's motion for summary judgment denied and attorney general ordered to deliver responsive documents. [ 07/27/2017 ]
Description: Action to compel the Vermont attorney general to respond to request for documents related to common interest agreement between states.
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Energy & Environment Legal Institute v. Attorney General of New York

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: N.Y. Sup. Ct.
Status: Petition denied. [ 03/08/2018 ]
Description: Proceeding to compel New York attorney general to release certain correspondence regarding climate change-related investigations.
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Free Market Environmental Law Clinic v. Attorney General of New York

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: N.Y. App. Div.
Status: Decision and order issued affirming dismissal of proceeding. [ 03/08/2018 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to compel the New York attorney general to disclose records related to meetings regarding climate change investigation of ExxonMobil Corporation.
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Energy & Environment Legal Institute v. Attorney General of New York

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: N.Y. App. Div.
Status: Decision and order issued affirming rulings against petitioners. [ 06/07/2018 ]
Description: Action to compel the New York Attorney General to disclose correspondence related to climate change-related investigations.
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Energy & Environment Legal Institute v. Attorney General of Vermont

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: Vt. Super. Ct.
Status: Motion filed by plaintiffs for costs and fees for substantially prevailing in open records case. [ 02/16/2018 ]
Description: Action to compel the Vermont attorney general to respond to request for correspondence including the terms “climate denial” and “climate denier.”
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American Tradition Institute v. Rector & Visitors of University of Virginia

Filing Date: 2011
Court/Admin Entity: Va.
Status: Opinion issued affirming trial court. [ 04/17/2014 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking former University of Virginia professor's emails concerning climate change work.
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California Business Properties Association v. California Air Resources Board

Filing Date: 2009
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate denied. [ 10/16/2009 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking documents concerning pending state greenhouse gas emissions fee.
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