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Platkin v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / New Jersey
Year
2022
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
Platkin v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

About this case

Filing year
2022
Status
Sua sponte order issued holding plaintiffs' appeal in abeyance.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → New Jersey
Docket number
A-001641-24T2
Court/admin entity
United States → New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div.)United States → State Courts
Case category
Adaptation (US) → Actions seeking money damages for losses (US)Common Law Claims (US)
Principal law
United States → Failure to WarnUnited States → New Jersey Consumer Fraud ActUnited States → Public Trust DoctrineUnited States → State Law—NegligenceUnited States → State Law—NuisanceUnited States → State Law—Trespass
At issue
Lawsuit brought by New Jersey officials against fossil fuel industry defendants seeking damages and other relief in connection with the defendants' alleged substantial role in causing climate change and resulting harms to New Jersey.

Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
03/02/2026
Sua sponte order issued holding plaintiffs' appeal in abeyance.
After the U.S. Supreme Court granted fossil fuel companies' petition for writ of certiorari in the City of Boulder and Boulder County Commissioners' <a href="https://www.climatecasechart.com/collections/board-of-county-commissioners-of-boulder-county-v-suncor-energy-u-s-a-inc-_be5980">climate case</a>, the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey issued an order holding the plaintiffs’ appeal of the February 2025 dismissal of the case in abeyance pending the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Boulder case. The court also rescinded a February 20, 2026 invitation to submit supplemental briefs addressing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s repeal of the 2009 endangerment finding for greenhouse gases. Oral argument previously had been scheduled for May 12, 2026.
Decision

Summary

Lawsuit brought by New Jersey officials against fossil fuel industry defendants seeking damages and other relief in connection with the defendants' alleged substantial role in causing climate change and resulting harms to New Jersey.