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The Climate Litigation Database

Fuel Industry Climate Cases

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / California
Date
2017
Document type
Litigation
Part of
Fuel Industry Climate Cases

About this cases

Filing year
2017
Status
Petition for writ of mandate, prohibition, and/or other appropriate relief denied.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → California
Docket number
A171663
Court/admin entity
United States → State Courts → Cal. Ct. App.
Case category
Adaptation → Actions seeking money damages for lossesCommon Law Claims
Principal law
United States → State Law–Strict LiabilityUnited States → State Law—NegligenceUnited States → State Law—Nuisance
At issue
California's and local governments' lawsuits against fossil fuel companies alleging that the defendants' concealed and misrepresented the risks of climate change and caused the plaintiffs' climate change injuries.

Documents

Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Summary
Document
12/23/2024
Decision
Petition for writ of mandate, prohibition, and/or other appropriate relief denied.
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Summary

California's and local governments' lawsuits against fossil fuel companies alleging that the defendants' concealed and misrepresented the risks of climate change and caused the plaintiffs' climate change injuries.