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United States v. California

Geography
Year
2019
Document Type
Litigation
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About this case

Filing year
2019
Status
Appeal voluntarily dismissed.
Docket number
20-16789
Court/admin entity
United StatesUnited States Federal CourtsUnited States Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)
Case category
Constitutional ClaimsCommerce ClauseConstitutional ClaimsOther Constitutional Claims
Principal law
United StatesCalifornia Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32)United StatesCompact ClauseUnited StatesForeign Affairs DoctrineUnited StatesForeign Commerce ClauseUnited StatesGlobal Climate Protection Act of 1987United StatesTreaty Clause
At issue
Federal government's lawsuit challenging California's greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-trade agreement with the provincial government of Quebec, Canada.
Topics

Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics 
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04/22/2021
Appeal voluntarily dismissed.
Decision
04/21/2021
Stipulation for dismissal filed by the parties.
The United States, the State of California, and other defendants and intervenor-defendants stipulated and agreed to the voluntary dismissal of the United States’ appeal of a California federal court’s judgment in favor of California and the other defendants in the U.S.’s challenge to the constitutionality of the linkage between California’s greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-trade program and Quebec trading program.
Stipulation

Summary

Federal government's lawsuit challenging California's greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-trade agreement with the provincial government of Quebec, Canada.

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Policy instrument