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28 Cases found

Bonser-Lain v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Filing Date: 2011
Court/Admin Entity: Tex. App.
Status: Opinion issued dismissing for want of subject matter jurisdiction. [ 07/23/2014 ]
Description: Proceedings seeking to compel Texas state agency to adopt rules to reduce greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to public trust doctrine.
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Martinez v. Colorado

Filing Date: 2011
Court/Admin Entity: Colo. Dist. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 05/20/2011 ]
Description: Action seeking declaration that atmosphere is public trust resources that State of Colorado must protect for the benefit of plaintiffs and others, including future generations and that State breached that duty by allowing too many carbon emissions.
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Aronow v. Minnesota

Filing Date: 2011
Court/Admin Entity: Minn. Ct. App.
Status: Opinion issued affirming dismissal. [ 10/01/2012 ]
Description: Challenge under the public trust doctrine to Minnesota's failure to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
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Butler v. Brewer

Filing Date: 2011
Court/Admin Entity: Ariz. Ct. App.
Status: Memorandum decision issued affirming dismissal. [ 03/14/2013 ]
Description: Action for declaratory and injunctive relief regarding the obligation under the public trust doctrine of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and Arizona officials to act to protect the atmosphere from climate change impacts.
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Svitak v. Washington

Filing Date: 2011
Court/Admin Entity: Wash. Ct. App.
Status: Unpublished opinion issued affirming dismissal. [ 12/16/2013 ]
Description: Action seeking declaration that State of Washington had obligation to protect atmosphere as public trust and to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
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Kanuk v. Alaska

Filing Date: 2011
Court/Admin Entity: Alaska
Status: Petition for rehearing denied. [ 10/28/2014 ]
Description: Action seeking declaration that State of Alaska had obligation to protect atmosphere as public trust and regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
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Sanders-Reed v. Martinez

Filing Date: 2011
Court/Admin Entity: N.M. Dist. Ct.
Status: Summary judgment entered for defendants. [ 07/04/2013 ]
Description: Action seeking declaration that state had obligation to protect atmosphere as public trust and to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
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Chernaik v. Brown

Filing Date: 2011
Court/Admin Entity: Or.
Status: Supreme Court affirmed Court of Appeals decision that public trust doctrine does not impose fiduciary obligation. [ 10/22/2020 ]
Description: Action seeking declaration that state had obligation to protect atmosphere as public trust and regulate greenhouse emissions.
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