State v. Foster
Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Dist. Ct.
Status: Defendants sentenced. [ 02/06/2018 ]
Description: Criminal cases against climate protesters who participated in pipeline protests.
33 Cases found
State v. Foster
State v. Taylor
Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: Wash.
Status: Court of Appeals reversed on issue of what constitutes a reasonable legal alternative for the necessity defense and finding that defendant had made the necessary showing to present a question of fact for a jury. [ 07/15/2021 ]
Description: Criminal case against defendant who blocked railroad tracks in protest of coal and oil trains that traveled through Spokane, Washington.
State v. Klapstein
Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: Minn. Dist. Ct.
Status: Charges dismissed. [ 10/09/2018 ]
Description: Criminal cases against climate protesters who turned pipeline valves.
Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. v. Greenpeace International
Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: D.N.D.
Status: Motions to dismiss granted and motion for extension of time to serve denied. [ 02/14/2019 ]
Description: Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) action by Dakota Action Pipeline developers against Greenpeace and other organizations.
County of San Mateo v. Chevron Corp.
Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Brief filed by amicus curiae National Association of Manufacturers in support of petitioners. [ 12/27/2022 ]
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.
Margate City, New Jersey v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
Filing Date: 2014
Court/Admin Entity: D.N.J.
Status: Motion for preliminary injunction denied. [ 01/15/2015 ]
Description: Challenge to dune project planned for city beaches.
TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, LP v. Beebe
Filing Date: 2012
Court/Admin Entity: Tex. Dist. Ct.
Status: Agreed judgment and permanent injunction issued. [ 01/25/2013 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking injunction against protesters concerning construction of oil pipeline.
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.
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.