Principal Law:

State Law—Nuisance

34 Cases found

County of Maui v. Sunoco LP

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Haw.
Status: n/a [ 10/30/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking damages and other relief from fossil fuel companies for climate change impacts allegedly caused by companies' conduct.

Wilkey v. WED Portsmouth One, LLC

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: R.I. Super. Ct.
Status: Motion for preliminary injunction denied. [ 03/23/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that wind turbine constituted a public and private nuisance.

Anne Arundel County v. BP p.l.c.

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D. Md.
Status: Motion to stay proceedings filed by defendants. [ 05/25/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for the consequences of climate change in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

City of Annapolis v. BP p.l.c.

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D. Md.
Status: Motion to stay proceedings filed by defendants. [ 05/25/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit brought by the City of Annapolis against fossil fuel companies seeking damages and other relief based on the companies' alleged concealment of information about their products' contribution to climate change.

City of Charleston v. Brabham Oil Co.

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D.S.C.
Status: Proceedings stayed pending Fourth Circuit's decision on remand in the Baltimore case. [ 05/27/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for the impacts of climate change on the City of Charleston.

Delaware v. BP America Inc.

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: 3d Cir.
Status: Oral argument on the merits of appeals in Delaware and City of Hoboken cases scheduled for June 21, 2022. [ 06/03/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to hold the fossil fuel industry liable for the physical, environmental, social, and economic consequences of climate change in Delaware.

City of Hoboken v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: 3d Cir.
Status: Oral argument on the merits of appeals in Delaware and City of Hoboken cases scheduled for June 21, 2022. [ 06/03/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to recover climate change-related damages allegedly resulting from the defendant energy companies' production of fossil fuels and concealment of fossil fuels’ harms.

City & County of Honolulu v. Sunoco LP

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Haw. Cir. Ct.
Status: Motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction denied. [ 03/31/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking damages and other relief from fossil fuel companies for alleged conduct that the City and County of Honolulu contends actually and proximately caused climate change impacts.

Von Oeyen v. Southern California Edison Co.

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 02/08/2019 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking damages from utility and owner of former rocket engine test and nuclear research facility in connection with destruction of homes and other property by the Woolsey Fire in Malibu.

Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, Inc. v. Chevron Corp.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Clerk's notice issued continuing case management conference. [ 11/30/2020 ]
Description: Action by a commercial fishing industry trade group to hold fossil fuel companies liable for adverse climate change impacts to the ocean off the coasts of California and Oregonthat resulted in "prolonged closures" of Dungeness crab fisheries.

SF Chapter of A. Randolph Institute v. EPA

Filing Date: 2007
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Motions to dismiss granted. [ 03/28/2008 ]
Description: Action seeking order prohibiting the Bay Area Air Quality Management District from issuing permits for two proposed natural gas-fired power plants and compelling EPA to determine whether carbon dioxide endangers public health or welfare.

Cangemi v. Town of East Hampton

Filing Date: 2012
Court/Admin Entity: E.D.N.Y.
Status: Defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law granted and compensatory damages award vacated. [ 03/15/2019 ]
Description: Lawsuit by property owners seeking to hold Town of East Hampton liable for shoreline erosion.

Rhode Island v. Shell Oil Products Co.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: 1st Cir.
Status: Remand order affirmed. [ 05/23/2022 ]
Description: State of Rhode Island lawsuit seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for causing climate change impacts that adversely affect Rhode Island and jeopardize State-owned or -operated facilities, real property, and other assets.

King County v. BP p.l.c.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: Notice of voluntary dismissal filed by King County. [ 09/28/2021 ]
Description: Public nuisance and trespass action brought by King County in Washington State against fossil fuel companies seeking funding of climate change adaptation program.

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

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: 2d Cir.
Status: Mandate issued. [ 05/24/2021 ]
Description: Action brought by New York City against fossil fuel companies seeking damages for climate change-related injuries.

City of Oakland v. BP p.l.c.

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Certiorari denied. [ 06/14/2021 ]
Description: Public nuisance actions brought by City of Oakland and City of San Francisco against fossil fuel companies.