Principal Law:

Fifth Amendment—Equal Protection

5 Cases found

Komor v. United States

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Description: Action by pro se plaintiff (1) alleging federal defendants violated his fundamental constitutional rights by causing or contributing to climate change and (2) seeking to compel defendants to undertake actions to remove carbon from the atmosphere.

Clark v. Haaland

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D.N.M.
Status: Motions to dismiss granted. [ 09/28/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking seeking declarations regarding the application of federal law to certain reclamation and irrigation projects.

Komor v. United States

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D. Colo.
Status: Amended complaint filed. [ 07/16/2021 ]
Description: Pro se lawsuit alleging that federal defendants violated the plaintiff's constitutional rights by causing and contributing to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Electric Power Supply Association v. Star

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Certiorari denied. [ 04/15/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to Illinois law that created a Zero Emissions Credit program allegedly to support uneconomic nuclear plants.

Juliana v. United States

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: D. Or.
Status: Motion for leave to file a second amended complaint granted. [ 06/01/2023 ]
Description: Action by young plaintiffs asserting that the federal government violated their constitutional rights by causing dangerous carbon dioxide concentrations. [Due to a technical issue, some recent documents are currently not available.]