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City of Chicago v. BP p.l.c.

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / Illinois
Date
2024
Document type
Litigation
Part of
City of Chicago v. BP p.l.c.

About this case

Filing year
2024
Status
Reply brief filed by appellants.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → Illinois
Docket number
25-1916
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.)
Case category
Adaptation → Actions seeking money damages for lossesCommon Law Claims
Principal law
United States → Civil ConspiracyUnited States → Failure to WarnUnited States → Municipal Code of ChicagoUnited States → State Law—NegligenceUnited States → State Law—NuisanceUnited States → State Law—Unjust Enrichment
At issue
Lawsuit alleging that fossil fuel industry defendants' deception regarding the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions from their products resulted in harmful climate change impacts to Chicago.

Documents

Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Summary
Document
10/14/2025
Reply
Reply brief filed by appellants.
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10/10/2025
Letter
Letter filed by City of Chicago regarding remand decision in State of Maine v. BP p.l.c.
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08/01/2025
Decision
Motion for stay of execution of remand order denied.
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals denied fossil fuel industry appellants’ motion to stay execution of a district court order remanding the City of Chicago’s climate change case against them to state court.
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Summary

Lawsuit alleging that fossil fuel industry defendants' deception regarding the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions from their products resulted in harmful climate change impacts to Chicago.