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Connecticut v. Exxon Mobil Corporation

Filing Date: 2020
Case Categories:
  • Adaptation
    • Actions seeking money damages for losses
  • State Law Claims
    • Enforcement Cases
Principal Laws:
Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act
Description: Lawsuit seeking to hold Exxon Mobil Corporation liable for violation of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act in connection with alleged deceptive acts to create uncertainty about climate science.
  • Connecticut v. Exxon Mobil Corporation
    Docket number(s): 3:20-cv-01555
    Court/Admin Entity: D. Conn.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    12/02/2020 Motion Download Motion to remand and memorandum of law in support of motion filed by Connecticut.
    11/13/2020 Motion to Dismiss Download Motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction filed by Exxon Mobil Corporation.
  • State v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
    Docket number(s): HHDCV206132568S
    Court/Admin Entity: Conn. Super. Ct.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    09/14/2020 Complaint Download Complaint filed. Connecticut Filed Lawsuit Alleging Exxon Engaged in “Campaign of Deception” Regarding Climate Change. Connecticut filed a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corporation in Connecticut Superior Court alleging that Exxon “misled and deceived Connecticut consumers about the negative effects of its business practices on the climate.” Connecticut alleged that Exxon executives and other agents knew as early as the 1950s that fossil fuel combustion contributed to global warming and that when Exxon had the opportunity in the 1980s “to responsibly contribute to public understanding of climate change and its potentially catastrophic consequences,” Exxon instead “began a systematic campaign of deception” to undermine climate science and maximize its profits. The complaint listed “myriad negative consequences in Connecticut” to which the State alleged the “campaign of deception” contributed, including sea level rise, flooding, drought, increases in extreme temperatures and severe storms, decreases in air quality, contamination of drinking water, increases in spread of diseases, and severe economic consequences. The State asserted eight counts under the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act and sought injunctive and equitable relief; civil penalties; restitution for State expenditures attributable to Exxon to respond to the effects of climate change; disgorgement of revenues, profits, and gains; disclosure of research and studies on climate change; and funding of a corrective education campaign.

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