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BP America Inc. v. Delaware

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / Delaware
Year
2020
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
City of Hoboken v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

About this case

Filing year
2020
Status
Petition for writ of certiorari filed.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → Delaware
Docket number
22-821
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → U.S.
Case category
Adaptation (US) → Actions seeking money damages for losses (US)Common Law Claims (US)
Principal law
United States → New Jersey Consumer Fraud ActUnited States → State Law—NegligenceUnited States → State Law—NuisanceUnited States → State Law—Trespass
At issue
Lawsuit seeking to recover climate change-related damages allegedly resulting from the defendant energy companies' production of fossil fuels and concealment of fossil fuels’ harms.

Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
Search results
02/27/2023
Petition for writ of certiorari filed.
On February 27, 2023, fossil fuel companies filed a petition for writ of certiorari asking the Supreme Court to determine whether federal courts have jurisdiction over climate change cases brought by the State of Delaware and the City of Hoboken. The proceedings in the Supreme Court were tracked on the page for the Delaware case.
Petition For Writ Of Certiorari
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Summary

Lawsuit seeking to recover climate change-related damages allegedly resulting from the defendant energy companies' production of fossil fuels and concealment of fossil fuels’ harms.