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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-170 Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc., et al. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, et al. Colorado 2025-08-12 Pending Amici (14)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6) climate-change federal-law greenhouse-gas-emissions international-emissions interstate-emissions state-law-claims Whether federal law precludes state-law claims seeking relief for injuries allegedly caused by the effects of interstate and international greenhouse-…
25-48 Tarek Farag v. Climate United Fund, et al. District of Columbia 2025-07-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) climate-change corruption-allegations fossil-fuel intervention-motion legal-standing scientific-evidence I. Did the District Court and Appellate Court err in denying petitioner's motion to intervene? II. Did the District Court and Appellete Court err in …
24-1197 Tarek Farag v. Joseph R. Biden, former President of the United States, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-05-22 Denied Response Waived appellate-review climate-change declaratory-relief injunctive-relief judicial-procedure scientific-evidence Whether the Appellate Court improperly ruled on climate change claims and denied declaratory and injunctive relief
24-6613 Robert Atchinson v. District of Columbia District of Columbia 2025-02-21 Denied IFP civil-disobedience climate-change constitutional-rights expert-testimony necessity-defense pre-trial-motion Whether the D.C. Court of Appeals erred by affirming the pre-trial denial of Mr. Atchinson's necessity defense in a nonviolent civil disobedience acti…
24A106 Electric Generators for a Sensible Transition v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. District of Columbia 2024-07-30 Presumed Complete Amici (1) administrative-overreach clean-air-act climate-change epa-regulation fossil-fuel major-questions-doctrine Whether the EPA exceeded its statutory authority under the Clean Air Act by promulgating a rule that substantially transforms the electricity generati…
23-952 Shell PLC, fka Royal Dutch Shell PLC, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, et al. Hawaii 2024-03-01 Denied CVSGRelisted (2) clean-air-act climate-change constitutional-law federal-law federal-preemption foreign-emissions interstate-emissions preemption state-law Whether claims seeking damages for the effects of interstate and international emissions on the global climate are beyond the limits of state law and …
23-947 Sunoco LP, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, et al. Hawaii 2024-03-01 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) civil-procedure climate-change environmental-law federal-preemption greenhouse-gas greenhouse-gas-emissions interstate-emissions standing state-law state-law-claims Whether federal law precludes state-law claims seeking redress for injuries allegedly caused by the effects of interstate and international greenhouse…
23A651 Sunoco LP, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, et al. Hawaii 2024-01-16 Presumed Complete clean-air-act climate-change federal-common-law interstate-emissions personal-jurisdiction state-law-claims Whether federal common law or state law governs climate-change tort claims seeking redress for interstate greenhouse gas emissions after the Clean Air…
23A560 Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Connecticut Second Circuit 2023-12-18 Presumed Complete climate-change federal-common-law federal-courts removal-jurisdiction state-law well-pleaded-complaint Whether federal district courts have removal jurisdiction over state-law claims that necessarily arise under federal common law but are artfully plead…
23-168 American Petroleum Institute, et al. v. Minnesota Eighth Circuit 2023-08-22 Denied Amici (5)Relisted (3) civil-rights climate-change climate-change-litigation due-process federal-common-law federal-jurisdiction federal-question-jurisdiction interstate-emissions removal-jurisdiction standing state-law-claims Whether a federal district court has removal jurisdiction over putative state-law claims seeking redress for injuries allegedly caused by the effect o…
22-821 Chevron Corporation, et al. v. City of Hoboken, New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2023-03-01 Denied civil-rights climate-change federal-jurisdiction greenhouse-gas-emissions preemption standing state-law-claims statutory-interpretation transboundary-injury Whether a federal district court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 over nominally state-law claims seeking redress for injuries allegedly caused…
22-524 Shell Oil Products Co., L.L.C., et al. v. Rhode Island First Circuit 2022-12-06 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) climate-change federal-common-law federal-jurisdiction greenhouse-gas-emissions preemption public-nuisance removal state-law-claims subject-matter-jurisdiction transboundary-harm Whether federal district court has jurisdiction over state-law claims for injuries caused by transboundary greenhouse gas emissions
22-523 Sunoco LP, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-12-06 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) circuit-conflict climate-change climate-change-litigation federal-jurisdiction federal-officer-removal federal-preemption greenhouse-gas-emissions jurisdictional-challenge preemption statutory-interpretation transboundary-pollution Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that 28 U.S.C. § 1442 precludes removal by federal officers and persons acting under them unless the rem…
22-495 Chevron Corporation, et al. v. San Mateo County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-11-28 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) civil-procedure climate-change climate-injury federal-jurisdiction greenhouse-gas-emissions preemption standing state-law-claims statutory-interpretation transboundary-impact Whether a federal district court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 over nominally state-law claims
22-361 BP p.l.c., et al. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore Fourth Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) civil-procedure climate-change federal-common-law federal-courts federal-jurisdiction greenhouse-gas-emissions interstate-emissions jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether federal common law necessarily and exclusively governs claims seeking redress for injuries allegedly caused by the effect of interstate greenh…
21-1550 Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc., et al. v. Board of County Commissioners of Boulder County, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-06-10 Denied CVSGAmici (7)Relisted (2) civil-procedure climate-change federal-common-law federal-jurisdiction greenhouse-gas-emissions standing Whether federal common law necessarily and exclusively governs claims seeking redress for injuries allegedly caused by the effect of interstate greenh…
21-337 George Berka v. Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York Second Circuit 2021-09-02 Denied Response Waived climate-change climate-emergency due-process energy-policy environmental-impact environmental-regulation grid-reliability infrastructure-renewal nuclear-power public-safety regulatory-oversight Should the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant be returned to service?
20-1089 Chevron Corporation, et al. v. City of Oakland, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-02-09 Denied Amici (4) civil-procedure civil-rights climate-change due-process federal-common-law federal-removal interstate-pollution jurisdictional-challenge standing state-law takings tort-claims Whether putative state-law tort claims alleging harm from global climate change are removable because they arise under federal law
18-6929 Asia Johnson v. Queen Elizabeth Third Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied IFP civil-rights climate-change constitutional-crisis due-process environmental-law equal-protection gender-discrimination political-feud racial-discrimination restoration Was the constitutional crisis between Democrats and Republicans affecting the environment and leading to racial and gender discrimination against Afri…
18-505 In Re United States, et al. 2018-10-18 Dismissed administrative-procedure-act article-iii civil-procedure-standing civil-rights climate-change due-process environmental-advocacy justiciability public-trust-doctrine standing Whether this suit is justiciable under Article III