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Alec L. v. McCarthy

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / District of Columbia
Year
2011
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
Alec L. v. McCarthy

About this case

Filing year
2011
Status
Judgment issued affirming dismissal.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → District of Columbia
Docket number
13-5192
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.)
Case category
Public Trust Claims (US)
Principal law
United States → Public Trust Doctrine
At issue
Lawsuit alleging violation of the public trust by the government and seeking 6% annual reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
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Documents

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06/06/2014
Judgment issued affirming dismissal.
In an unpublished opinion, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s 2012 and 2013 orders that dismissed plaintiffs’ lawsuit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because it failed to raise a federal question. Plaintiffs argued that the federal defendants violated their obligation to protect the atmosphere under the public trust doctrine. The D.C. Circuit, like the district court, ruled that the public trust doctrine is a matter of state law.
Decision
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Summary

Lawsuit alleging violation of the public trust by the government and seeking 6% annual reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

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Fossil fuel