On January 13, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court denied two petitions for writ of certiorari in which fossil fuel companies sought review of the Hawai‘i Supreme Court’s decision allowing the City …

Jan 13, 2025 · Issue: Whether federal law precludes state-law claims seeking redress for injuries allegedly caused by the effects of interstate and international greenhouse-gas emissions on …

Plaintiffs sued Defendants alleging public nuisance, private nuisance, strict liability failure to warn, negligent failure to warn, and trespass. Specifically, Plaintiffs alleged that Defendants engaged …

It is a landmark Supreme Court of Hawaii case that held that state-law provides the jurisdiction for claims against oil and gas producers.

Oct 12, 2024 · In a ruling late last year, the court affirmed that the city of Honolulu could file a lawsuit alleging that Sunoco, Exxon, ConocoPhillips, and an assortment of other companies …

Apr 24, 2023 · Issues: (1) Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit erred in holding that 28 U.S.C. § 1442 precludes removal by federal officers and persons acting under them …

Jan 6, 2025 · The city and county of Honolulu filed a lawsuit in 2020 accusing oil and gas companies, including Sunoco, Exxon Mobil, BP, Chevron, and Shell, of misleading the public …

Nov 15, 2023 · A recent Supreme Court of the State of Hawaii decision permitted climate-related claims against major petroleum and gas companies to proceed toward trial. The decision in …

Petitioner Sunoco LP is a publicly traded master lim-ited partnership. Sunoco LP and its general partner, Sunoco GP LLC, are subsidiaries of Energy Transfer Op-erating, L.P., and Energy …

Hawaii Supreme Court affirms orders denying motions to dismiss tort climate-change litigation brought against private energy companies by local governmental entities. The U.S. Chamber …