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18 Cases found

City of Richmond v. Chevron Corp.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 01/22/2018 ]
Description: Lawsuit filed by City of Richmond, California, seeking damages for climate change-related injuries allegedly caused by 29 fossil fuel companies.

City of New York v. BP p.l.c.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: S.D.N.Y.
Status: Letter submitted jointly by parties regarding proposed scheduling order. [ 03/02/2018 ]
Description: Action brought by New York City against fossil fuel companies seeking damages for climate change-related injuries.

County of Santa Cruz v. Chevron Corp.

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Notice of removal filed. [ 01/19/2018 ]
Description: Lawsuits filed by City and County of Santa Cruz alleging that fossil fuel companies caused climate change-related injuries.

People of State of California v. BP p.l.c.

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Order issued setting schedules for motions to dismiss amended complaint. [ 04/04/2018 ]
Description: Public nuisance actions brought by City of Oakland and City of San Francisco against fossil fuel companies.

County of San Mateo v. Chevron Corp.

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Plaintiffs filed opposition to motion to stay remand order pending appeal. [ 04/02/2018 ]
Description: Action by California counties and cities seeking damages and other relief from fossil fuel companies for sea level rise.

Emerick v. Town of Glastonbury

Filing Date: 2011
Court/Admin Entity: Conn. Super. Ct.
Status: Memorandum of decision issued granting in part and denying in part plaintiff's and defendant's motions for summary judgment. [ 05/14/2015 ]
Description: Action seeking relief for property damage allegedly caused by upstream development approved by town.

Tzakis v. Berger Excavating Contractors, Inc.

Filing Date: 2009
Court/Admin Entity: Ill. Cir. Ct.
Status: n/a [ 04/03/2015 ]
Description: Action against defendants, including municipal defendants, whose actions or inaction allegedly contributed to property damage during floods in 2008.

Shell Offshore, Inc. v. Greenpeace, Inc.

Filing Date: 2012
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Petition for rehearing en banc denied. [ 07/10/2013 ]
Description: Oil company lawsuit seeking to bar environmental activists from occupying its drilling ship bound for Arctic.

Comer v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc.

Filing Date: 2005
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Mandamus denied. [ 01/10/2011 ]
Description: Action seeking damages related to Hurricane Katrina under tort law theories.

Korsinsky v. EPA

Filing Date: 2005
Court/Admin Entity: 2d Cir.
Status: Summary order issued affirming dismissal of action. [ 08/10/2006 ]
Description: Action seeking to hold federal and New York state and local environmental agencies liable for climate change.

American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut

Filing Date: 2004
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Opinion issued. [ 06/20/2011 ]
Description: Public nuisance lawsuits seeking imposition of caps on and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from power companies.

California v. Southern California Gas Co.

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 07/25/2016 ]
Description: Action to compel owner and operator of gas storage fields in southern California to install safety equipment.

California v. General Motors Corp.

Filing Date: 2006
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Order issued granting motion for voluntary dismissal. [ 06/24/2009 ]
Description: Public nuisance action by California seeking damages from auto companies for contributions to climate change.

Comer v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc.

Filing Date: 2011
Court/Admin Entity: 5th Cir.
Status: Opinion issued affirming dismissal. [ 05/14/2013 ]
Description: Action seeking damages related to damages from Hurricane Katrina, refiled after 2010 dismissal by Fifth Circuit.

Shell Offshore Inc. v. Greenpeace, Inc.

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Ninth Circuit dismissed Greenpeace's appeal of preliminary injunction. [ 03/04/2016 ]
Description: Oil company filed suit seeking to bar environmental activists from interfering with its Arctic drilling operations.

California v. Southern California Gas Co.

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Second amended complaint filed. [ 02/01/2016 ]
Description: Action by city, county, and state against the owner and operator of a leaking natural gas storage facility in California seeking penalties and injunctive relief.