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City & County of Honolulu v. Sunoco LP, et al

  1. July 07, 2022

    9th Circ. Says Hawaii Climate Suits Belong In State Court

    The Ninth Circuit held Thursday that energy companies must battle it out in state court with Hawaii local governments seeking climate-related damages, rejecting arguments that the production of oil and gas was under the direction of "federal officers" and the cases belonged in federal court.

  2. May 23, 2022

    Hawaii Local Gov'ts Say Climate Suit Can't Go To Fed. Court

    Hawaii local governments seeking climate change-related damages from energy giants said the Ninth Circuit's recent decision reaffirming that similar claims brought by California localities belong in state court should doom efforts to force the Hawaii lawsuits to play out in a federal forum.

  3. February 17, 2022

    Gov't Oil Demands Justify Climate Suit Removal, 9th Circ. Told

    A slew of multinational oil companies including Exxon and Chevron urged the Ninth Circuit Thursday to overturn a trial judge's ruling that sent climate suits by Hawaiian local governments to state court, arguing that the federal government's oil production demands during World War II and the Cold War justify removal.

  4. November 09, 2021

    9th Circ. Told Hawaii Climate Suits 'Pretending Away' Claims

    Oil companies have told the Ninth Circuit that Hawaiian local governments can't keep their climate suits in state court by "pretending away essential elements of their claims," arguing a new focus on the deception aspect of their pleadings doesn't change the injuries actually outlined in the suit.

  5. September 28, 2021

    Blue AGs Tell 9th Circ. Climate Deceit Suits Are States' Turf

    Democratic attorneys general from 13 states and the District of Columbia have urged the Ninth Circuit to uphold a ruling that Maui's and Honolulu's suits seeking climate change-related infrastructure damages from Chevron, ExxonMobil Corp. and other energy producers belong in state court.

  6. September 21, 2021

    Feds Didn't Tell Oil Cos. To Deceive Hawaiians, 9th Circ. Hears

    Maui and Honolulu urged the Ninth Circuit to keep their suits seeking climate change-related infrastructure damages in state court, arguing virtually no federal courts have found credible a claim by fossil fuel companies that they produced oil at the behest of the federal government.

  7. July 20, 2021

    Hawaii Climate Suits Belong In Fed. Court, 9th Circ. Told

    Chevron Corp. and other fossil fuel companies said Monday that Hawaii suits seeking climate change-related infrastructure damages clearly belong in federal court and urged the Ninth Circuit to reverse lower court rulings remanding the cases to state court.

  8. March 15, 2021

    Oil Cos. Lose Bid To Keep Hawaii Climate Suits In Fed. Court

    Energy giants including Chevron Inc. lost their emergency bid to keep Hawaii climate change suits in federal court, with a Ninth Circuit panel saying Saturday it's not convinced the companies would suffer irreparable harm if the case moves forward in state court.