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Beyond Pesticides v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / District of Columbia
Year
2020
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
Beyond Pesticides v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

About this case

Filing year
2020
Status
Defendants' motion to stay denied.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → District of Columbia
Docket number
1:20-cv-01815
Court/admin entity
United States → United States District Court for the District of Columbia (D.D.C.)United States → United States Federal Courts
Case category
State Law Claims (US) → Environmentalist Lawsuits (US)
Principal law
United States → State Law—Miscellaneous Statutes → District of Columbia Consumer Protection Procedures Act
At issue
Lawsuit asserting that Exxon Mobil Corporation's representations regarding its investment in clean energy violated D.C. Consumer Protection Procedures Act.
Topics
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Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics 
Beta
04/06/2021
Defendants' motion to stay denied.
Decision
03/31/2021
Opposition filed by plaintiff to defendant's motion to stay execution of the remand order pending appeal.
Opposition
03/31/2021
Reply filed in support of motion for a stay of execution of the remand order pending appeal.
Reply
03/29/2021
Motion filed by defendant to stay execution of remand order pending appeal.
Motion
03/26/2021
Emergency motion to stay denied.
Decision
03/25/2021
Memorandum of points and authorities filed in opposition to defendant's emergency motion to stay execution of the remand order.
Opposition
03/25/2021
Reply filed in support of emergency motion for a temporary stay of execution of the remand order.
Reply
03/22/2021
Emergency motion for a temporary stay of the remand order filed by defendant.
Motion
03/22/2021
Motion to remand granted.
The district court remanded a case brought against Exxon Mobil Corporation (Exxon) by the nonprofit organization Beyond Pesticides under D.C.’s consumer protection statute. The court rejected Exxon’s arguments that the diversity jurisdiction statute or the Class Action Fairness Act provided a basis for federal jurisdiction.
Decision
09/21/2020
Reply memorandum of points and authorities in support of motion to remand and for fees and costs.
Reply
09/04/2020
Brief filed by defendant Exxon Mobil Corporation in opposition to motion to remand and for fees and costs.
Opposition
08/05/2020
Memorandum of points and authorities filed in support of motion to remand and for fees and costs.
Motion
07/06/2020
Notice of removal filed.
Exxon Mobil Corporation removed a climate change-based consumer protection case brought by an environmental group to federal court in D.C. Exxon identified diversity jurisdiction and the Class Action Fairness Act as the grounds for removal.
Notice Of Removal

Summary

Lawsuit asserting that Exxon Mobil Corporation's representations regarding its investment in clean energy violated D.C. Consumer Protection Procedures Act.

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