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American Petroleum Institute v. Minnesota

Geography
🇺🇸 United States of America → Minnesota
Year
2020
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
State v. American Petroleum Institute

About this case

Filing year
2020
Status
Petition for permission to appeal held in abeyance.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States of America → Minnesota
Docket number
21-8005
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (8th Cir.)United States → United States Federal Courts
Case category
Adaptation (US) → Actions seeking money damages for losses (US)Common Law Claims (US)State Law Claims (US) → Enforcement Cases (US)
Principal law
United States → Minnesota Consumer Fraud ActUnited States → Minnesota Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices ActUnited States → State Law—FraudUnited States → State Law—Miscellaneous Statutes → Minnesota False Statement in Advertising ActUnited States → State Law—NegligenceUnited States → State Law–Strict Liability
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.
Topics
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Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics
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04/27/2021
Petition for permission to appeal held in abeyance.
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.
Decision
–
04/22/2021
Answer filed by respondent in opposition to petition for permission to appeal.
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.
Opposition
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04/13/2021
Petition for permission to appeal pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Act filed by defendants.
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.
Petition
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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.

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Group
Topics
Policy instrument
Risk
Impacted group
Just transition
Fossil fuel
Greenhouse gas
Economic sector
Adaptation/resilience
Finance