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The Climate Litigation Database

American Petroleum Institute v. Minnesota

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / Minnesota
Date
2020
Document type
Litigation
Part of
State v. American Petroleum Institute

About this cases

Filing year
2020
Status
Petition for permission to appeal held in abeyance.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → Minnesota
Docket number
21-8005
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.)
Case category
Adaptation → Actions seeking money damages for lossesCommon Law ClaimsState Law Claims → Enforcement Cases
Principal law
United States → State Law–Strict LiabilityUnited States → State Law—FraudUnited States → State Law—Negligence
At issue
Action brought by Minnesota against members of the fossil fuel industry for allegedly causing climate change harms by misleading the public by downplaying the threat of climate change and the role of their products in causing climate change.

Documents

Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Summary
Document
04/27/2021
Decision
Petition for permission to appeal held in abeyance.
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04/22/2021
Opposition
Answer filed by respondent in opposition to petition for permission to appeal.
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04/13/2021
Petition
Petition for permission to appeal pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Act filed by defendants.
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Summary

Action brought by Minnesota against members of the fossil fuel industry for allegedly causing climate change harms by misleading the public by downplaying the threat of climate change and the role of their products in causing climate change.