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Wolverine Fuels Sales, LLC v. City of Richmond
Geography
Year
2020
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
About this case
Filing year
2020
Status
Complaint filed.
Geography
Docket number
3:20-cv-01614
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States District Court for the Northern District of California (N.D. Cal.)
Case category
Constitutional Claims (US) → Commerce Clause (US)Constitutional Claims (US) → Fourteenth Amendment (US)Constitutional Claims (US) → Other Constitutional Claims (US)Federal Statutory Claims (US) → Other Statutes and Regulations (US)
Principal law
United States → Commerce ClauseUnited States → Contracts ClauseUnited States → Fifth Amendment—TakingsUnited States → Fourteenth Amendment—Due ProcessUnited States → Fourteenth Amendment—Equal ProtectionUnited States → Hazardous Materials Transportation ActUnited States → Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 (ICCTA)United States → Shipping Act of 1984United States → State Constitutions → California Constitution
At issue
Challenge to City of Richmond ordinance that prohibited transloading and export of coal and petroleum coke.
Documents
Filing Date
Document
Type
03/04/2020
Complaint filed.
A coal company with contracts to ship coal from a terminal in the City of Richmond filed a lawsuit challenging a City ordinance that prohibited transloading and export of coal and petroleum coke. The plaintiff alleged that the mayor viewed the objective of the ordinance as to reduce global climate change. The complaint asserted causes of action under the Commerce Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Impairments Clause, the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, and the Shipping Act of 1984.
Complaint
Summary
Challenge to City of Richmond ordinance that prohibited transloading and export of coal and petroleum coke.