Source: http://climatecasechart.com/principle-law/state-law-nuisance/
Timestamp: 2019-04-26 01:45:32+00:00

Document:
Von Oeyen v. Southern California Edison Co.
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
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.
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.
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.
Mayor & City Council of Baltimore v. BP p.l.c.
Description: City of Baltimore lawsuit seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for climate change impacts.
Description: Lawsuit by property owners seeking to hold Town of East Hampton liable for shoreline erosion.
Rhode Island v. Chevron Corp.
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.
Description: Public nuisance and trespass action brought by King County in Washington State against fossil fuel companies seeking funding of climate change adaptation program.
Board of County Commissioners of Boulder County v. Suncor Energy (U.S.A.), Inc.
Description: Action by Colorado local governments seeking damages and other relief from fossil fuel companies for climate change harms.
City of New York v. BP p.l.c.
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.
Description: Lawsuits alleging that fossil fuel companies caused cities' and county's climate change-related injuries.
City of Oakland v. BP p.l.c.
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.
Description: Action by California counties and cities seeking damages and other relief from fossil fuel companies for sea level rise.
Court/Admin Entity: Conn. Super. Ct.
Description: Action seeking relief for property damage allegedly caused by upstream development approved by town.
Tzakis v. Berger Excavating Contractors, Inc.
Court/Admin Entity: Ill. Cir. Ct.
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.
Description: Oil company lawsuit seeking to bar environmental activists from occupying its drilling ship bound for Arctic.
Description: Action seeking damages related to Hurricane Katrina under tort law theories.
Description: Action seeking to hold federal and New York state and local environmental agencies liable for climate change.
Description: Public nuisance lawsuits seeking imposition of caps on and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from power companies.
California v. Southern California Gas Co.
Description: Action to compel owner and operator of gas storage fields in southern California to install safety equipment.
Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp.
Description: Action by native Alaskans seeking damages from oil and power companies for impacts of climate change on their village.

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