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Conservation Law Foundation, Inc. v. Shell Oil Products US
A district court granted in part and denied in part an oil company's motion to dismiss a climate change adaptation lawsuit brought against it. An environmental group brought a citizen enforcement action under the CWA and RCRA,...
Environment Texas Citizen Lobby, Inc. v. ExxonMobil Corp.
The Fifth Circuit vacated and remanded a lower court decision that imposed penalties against an oil company for alleged CAA permit violations at its industrial complex in Baytown, Texas. Environmental groups filed a CAA citizen suit...
Massachusetts, Commonwealth of v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
A district court remanded back to state court Massachusetts' consumer protection lawsuit concerning an oil company's accounting of climate change risks. The state argued that the company misled and deceived its investors and consumers...
People of New York v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
New York's high court dismissed the state's securities fraud lawsuit concerning an oil company's accounting of climate change risks. The state argued that the company made misrepresentations and omissions that were material to its...
Chevron Corp. v. Donziger
A district court issued a preliminary injunction enjoining plaintiffs from enforcing a multibillion dollar judgment awarded by an Ecuadorian court against an oil company for environmental pollution in the Amazon. The evidence...
Chevron Corp.
The Third Circuit, in a $113 billion lawsuit against an oil company concerning environmental pollution in the Amazon, affirmed in part and vacated in part a lower court order granting the oil company's application to engage in...
Carijano v. Occidental Petroleum Corp.
The Ninth Circuit reversed a lower court decision dismissing a Peruvian Achuar indigenous group's lawsuit against an oil company for environmental contamination and the release of hazardous wastes. The complaint alleges that,...
Chevron
A district court, in a $113 billion lawsuit against an oil company concerning environmental pollution in the Amazon, granted the oil company's motion to depose Ecuadorian villagers' attorney concerning possible fraud and misconduct....