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  1. August 16, 2016

    5th Circ. Won't Rethink $641M Exxon Pollution Suit Revival

    The Fifth Circuit on Tuesday declined to reconsider its May revival of a $641 million Clean Air Act citizen suit brought by the Sierra Club over alleged emissions at Exxon Mobil Corp.'s refinery in Baytown, Texas.

  2. August 02, 2016

    Exxon Pushes For En Banc Rehearing In $641M Refinery Suit

    ExxonMobil Corp. on Tuesday doubled down on its argument that a Fifth Circuit panel had erred in reviving a $641 million Clean Air Act citizen suit brought by the Sierra Club over alleged emissions at the company's Baytown, Texas, refinery and pressed for en banc review.

  3. July 25, 2016

    Greens Fight Exxon En Banc Bid In 5th Circ. Pollution Row

    Environmentalists on Monday told the Fifth Circuit that it is not necessary to have an en banc review of a recent decision reviving a $641 million Clean Air Act citizen suit brought against ExxonMobil over alleged emissions at the company’s Baytown, Texas, refinery.

  4. July 12, 2016

    Exxon Wants Full 5th Circ. Review Of Pollution Suit Revival

    Exxon Mobil Corp. on Monday asked the full Fifth Circuit to review a panel decision reviving a $641 million Clean Air Act citizen suit brought by environmentalists over emissions at its Baytown, Texas, refinery.

  5. June 10, 2016

    The Biggest Environmental Rulings Of 2016: Midyear Report

    From the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling giving federal courts the authority to review Clean Water Act jurisdictional findings to the high court's extremely rare decision to block the Obama administration's signature climate change regulations, 2016 already has been a big year in environmental law. Here's Law360's rundown of the most important rulings from environmental cases in the last six months.

  6. May 31, 2016

    Exxon May Snatch Victory From Defeat In $641M Pollution Row

    Although environmental groups scored a win when the Fifth Circuit on Friday revived their $641 million air pollution case against Exxon, that victory may be short-lived because of wide discretion given to trial courts on whether to impose economic penalties for Clean Air Act violations, lawyers say.

  7. May 27, 2016

    5th Circ. Revives Enviros' $641M Exxon Pollution Suit

    Exxon Mobil Corp. will have to face a $641 million suit brought by environmentalists over emissions at its Baytown, Texas, refinery, the Fifth Circuit said Friday in an opinion that panned portions of the trial court's ruling in Exxon's favor as "irreconcilably inconsistent."

  8. September 18, 2015

    Exxon Pollution Suit Sidesteps Regulators, 5th Circ. Told

    Oil and chemical industry groups warned the Fifth Circuit on Thursday that a failure to uphold a Texas district court's dismissal of a $641 million air pollution lawsuit brought by environmental groups against ExxonMobil Corp. would result in a "cascade of citizen suits" replacing regulatory authority.

  9. September 11, 2015

    Exxon Urges 5th Circ. Not To Revive $641M Emissions Row

    Exxon Mobil Corp. urged the Fifth Circuit Thursday to uphold a December ruling dismissing a $641 million dispute with environmental groups over emissions, saying that even though its massive Baytown, Texas, refinery will never be able operate completely pollution-free, it remains a "leader in environmental compliance."

  10. May 26, 2015

    Houston Urges 5th Circ. To Revive $641M Exxon Pollution Suit

    The city of Houston on Friday threw its weight behind environmental groups' bid to revive a $641 million suit against Exxon Mobil Corp. over alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, urging the Fifth Circuit to reverse a lower court's "errors of law."

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