Principal Law:

Fourteenth Amendment—Equal Protection

22 Cases found

Invenergy Thermal LLC v. Watson

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: Motion to dismiss filed. [ 02/16/2023 ]
Description: Out-of-state power plant owner's challenge to the Washington’s Climate Commitment Act's allocation of no-cost greenhouse gas emissions allowances.

Casa Mira Homeowners Association v. California Coastal Commission

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition and complaint filed. [ 12/13/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to the California Coastal Commission's approval of only a portion of a seawall intended to protect the California Coastal Trail, a sewer line, 10 townhomes, and three apartments.

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.

WG Woodmere LLC v. Town of Hempstead

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: E.D.N.Y.
Status: Motion to dismiss granted. [ 12/01/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to rezoning of golf club property on Long Island in New York as a "Coastal Conservation District."

Levin Richmond Terminal Corp. v. City of Richmond

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Motions to dismiss granted in part and denied in part and motions to intervene and amici motions granted. [ 08/27/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to City of Richmond ordinance that prohibited transloading and export of coal and petroleum coke.

E&B Natural Resources Management Corp. v. County of Alameda

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Third joint case management statement filed. [ 07/20/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging Alameda County’s decision not to renew conditional use permits for continued operation of an oil extraction and production facility in the City of Livermore.

Wheelabrator Baltimore, L.P. v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: 4th Cir.
Status: Appeals dismissed upon consideration of stipulated motion to voluntarily dismiss. [ 11/04/2020 ]
Description: Challenge by operators of waste-to-energy facility and hospital/medical/infectious waste incineration facility to the Baltimore Clean Air Act.

Komor v. United States

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D. Ariz.
Status: Motion to stay granted. [ 08/27/2019 ]
Description: Constitutional climate change lawsuit seeking an order requiring the federal government to research and establish a program for direct atmospheric carbon removal.

Argos Properties II, LLC v. City Council for Virginia Beach

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Va. Cir. Ct.
Status: Petition dismissed with prejudice. [ 05/24/2019 ]
Description: Developer's lawsuit challenging City of Virginia Beach's denial of application to rezone property for residential development on the grounds that the developer failed to account for sea level rise in its stormwater analysis.

Sunflower Electric Power Corp. v. Sebelius

Filing Date: 2008
Court/Admin Entity: D. Kan.
Status: Notice of dismissal with prejudice filed by Sunflower Electric. [ 05/07/2009 ]
Description: Constitutional challenge to Kansas officials' actions denying authorization for construction of coal-fired power plants based on potential carbon dioxide emissions.

The Two Hundred v. California Air Resources Board

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: First amended petition filed. [ 11/21/2018 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that provisions of 2017 scoping plan under the Global Warming Solutions Act are unlawful, unconstitutional, and exacerbate poverty.

Colon de Mejias v. Malloy

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: 2d Cir.
Status: Summary judgment for defendants affirmed. [ 06/23/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to Connecticut's transfer of funds collected from ratepayers and held by utilities for clean energy and energy efficiency purposes to Connecticut's General Fund.