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The Climate Litigation Database

United States v. U.S. District Court for District of Oregon

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / Oregon
Date
2015
Document type
Litigation
Part of
Juliana v. United States

About this cases

Filing year
2015
Status
Petition for writ of mandamus denied.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → Oregon
Docket number
18-73014
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)
Case category
Constitutional Claims → Fifth AmendmentPublic Trust Claims
Principal law
United States → Fifth Amendment—Due ProcessUnited States → Fifth Amendment—Equal ProtectionUnited States → Ninth AmendmentUnited States → Public Trust Doctrine
At issue
Action by young plaintiffs asserting that the federal government violated their constitutional rights by causing dangerous carbon dioxide concentrations. [Due to a technical issue, some documents are currently not available.]

Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
12/26/2018
Petition for writ of mandamus denied.
The Ninth Circuit denied as moot the government’s pending mandamus petition, which was filed after the Supreme Court denied its application for a stay. The Ninth Circuit also denied all other pending motions as moot, including the Juliana plaintiffs’ emergency motion for a lifting of stay previously granted by the Ninth Circuit.
Decision
11/23/2018
Joint report on status of discovery and relevant pretrial matters filed by real parties in interest.
Status Report
11/23/2018
Reply filed by United States in support of petition for writ of mandamus and emergency motion under Circuit Rule 27-3.
Reply
11/21/2018
Notice of supplemental authority filed by United States to advise court of district court's order certifying case for interlocutory appeal.
Notice
11/19/2018
Declaration filed in support of answer of real parties in interest to petition for writ of mandamus and emergency motion.
Affidavit/Declaration
11/18/2018
Real parties in interest filed answer to petition for writ of mandamus and emergency motion.
Answer
11/08/2018
Motion for temporary stay of district court proceedings granted in part.
Decision
11/05/2018
Petition for a writ of mandamus and emergency motion under Circuit Rule 27-3 filed by United States et al.
Petition

Summary

Action by young plaintiffs asserting that the federal government violated their constitutional rights by causing dangerous carbon dioxide concentrations. [Due to a technical issue, some documents are currently not available.]