Climate Change Law

Cases Applying This Concept

• CHANGE THE CLIMATE, INC., Plaintiff, v. MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, and Michael H. Mulhern, Acting General Manager of the MBTA, in His Official Capacity, Defendants214 F. Supp. 2d 125
• Climate United Fund v. Citibank, N.A.25-5122
• IN RE: CLIMATE CONTROL MECHANICAL SERVICES, INC., Base 3, LLC, the Alexander Group, LLC, Facility Performance, LLC, Debtors.585 B.R. 192
• CHANGE THE CLIMATE, INC. v. MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, and Robert H. Prince, Jr., General Manager of the MBTA, in his official capacity202 F.R.D. 43
• Chesapeake Climate Action Network v. EPA952 F.3d 310
• CLIMATE INVESTIGATIONS CENTER v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY331 F. Supp. 3d 1
• CENTER FOR CLIMATE STRATEGIES, INC., Petitioner v. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, Respondent194 A.3d 742
• Capital for Change, Inc. v. Board of Assessment Appeals215 Conn. App. 681
• Harvard Climate Justice Coalition & Others vs. President and Fellows of Harvard College & Others90 Mass. App. Ct. 444
• Harvard Climate Justice Coalition v. President and Fellows of Harvard College ("Harvard Corporation")32 Mass. L. Rptr. 529
• Climate Investigations Center v. United States Department of EnergyCivil Action No. 2016-0124
• Climate Investigations Center v. United States Department of EnergyCivil Action No. 2016-0124
• CHESAPEAKE CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK, Et Al., Plaintiffs, v. EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, Et Al., Defendants78 F. Supp. 3d 208
• In re Fuel Industry Climate CasesA172719
• Conservation Law Foundation v. ExxonMobil Corporation3 F.4th 61
• Emerson Electric Co. D/B/A Fusite and Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc. v. Clarence Johnson18-1181
• Charles A. SMITH, Respondent/Employee, v. CLIMATE ENGINEERING, Appellant/Employer, and CNA/Transportation Ins. Co., Appellant/Insurer, and Second Injury Fund, Additional Party939 S.W.2d 429
• ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FOUNDATION, and v. STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD, Cross-defendant and Respondent County of Siskiyou, Cross-complainant and237 Cal. Rptr. 3d 393
• Environmental Law Foundation v. State Water Resources Control Bd.C083239
• Center For Environmental Law & Policy v. State Of Washington444 P.3d 622
• Ctr. for Envtl. Law & Policy v. Dep't of Ecology97684-8
• CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION & Another v. ENERGY FACILITIES SITING BOARD & Another (And a Consolidated Case)SJC-13521
• Evaldo M. Cardoso v. Law Offices of Martin C. Liu & Associates, PLLC2011 Mass. App. Div. 102
• Emerson Electric Co., D/B/A Fusite, and Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc. v. Clarence Johnson and United States Liability Insurance Company02-16-00173-CV
• CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION, INC. v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator964 F. Supp. 2d 175
• HIGH FREQUENCY PRODUCTS, INC., Plaintiff, v. WYNN'S CLIMATE SYSTEMS, INC., Defendant892 F. Supp. 1515
• Elmer Seaman v. Climate Control Corporation Elmer Seaman v. Branford N. O. Nelson Company181 Conn. 592
• Newman v. Howard University School of LawCivil Action No. 2023-0436
• Environmental Law and Policy Center, Iowa Environmental Council and Sierra Club v. Iowa Utilities Board, and MidAmerican Energy Company, and Office Of Consumer Advocate22-0385
• NORTHWEST CLIMATE CONDITIONING ASSOCIATION v. JOHN J. LOBDELL, NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS, Intervenor-Respondent79 Or. App. 560
• In the Matter of the Interpretation of South Dakota Constitution and State Law Re: State Legislator's Interest in State or County Contracts2024 S.D. 11
• AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC., Plaintiff, v. CLIMATE CONTROL CORPORATION, Defendant524 F. Supp. 1014
• Oscar FLORES v. Ronald LACKAGE, David Fleming, and the City of Chicago938 F. Supp. 2d 759
• Conservation Law Foundation v. PSNH2012 DNH 174
• SAN FRANCISCO BAYKEEPER, INC., Petitioner and Appellant, v. STATE LANDS COMMISSION, Defendant and Respondent; HANSON MARINE OPERATIONS, INC., Et Al., Real Parties in Interest242 Cal. App. 4th 202
• Conservation Law Foundation, Inc. v. New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, et al.2020 DNH 150
• Doe v. Board of EducationAC44153, AC44122
• FRANCIS BOXER Et Al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, Defendant and Respondent246 Cal. App. 4th 1212
• CLIMATE CONTROL, INC., a Corporation, in the Right and on Behalf of the Industrial Commission of Arizona, and the Policyholders of the Said the Industrial Commission of Arizona, Appellant, v. B. F. HILL, F. A. Nathan and A. R. Kleindienst, Individually and as Commissioners of Said the Industrial Commission of Arizona; And the Industrial Commission of Arizona, Et Al., Appellees342 P.2d 854
• United States v. METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION Conservation Law Foundation Of New England, Inc. v. Metropolitan District Commission111 F. Supp. 3d 109
• WESTERN STATES PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION, and Oregon Farm Bureau Federation, Intervenor-Petitioner v. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMISSION, and Oregon Environmental Council and Climate Solutions, Intervenors-Respondents. Western States Petroleum Association and Oregon Farm Bureau Federation, and Oregon Trucking Associations, Inc., Intervenor-Petitioner v. Environmental Quality Commission, and Oregon Environmental Council and Climate Solutions, Intervenors-Respondents.439 P.3d 459
• OUR CHILDREN'S EARTH FOUNDATION, Petitioner and Appellant, v. STATE AIR RESOURCES BOARD, Respondent; CLIMATE ACTION RESERVE Et Al., Interveners and Respondents234 Cal. App. 4th 870
• APPALACHIAN VOICES, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Sierra Club and Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards v. STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD and Virginia Electric and Power Company693 S.E.2d 295
• Papenhausen v. ConocoPhillips Co.2024 ND 40
• In the Matter of the Application for Change of Water Rights of the Twin Lakes Reservoir and Canal Company in the Roaring Fork River and Its Tributaries, in Pitkin County, Colorado. the Twin Lakes Reservoir and Canal Company v. the City of Aspen, the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Pitkin and the Snowmass Water and Sanitation District568 P.2d 45
• WILDEARTH GUARDIANS; Sierra Club, Petitioners-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Respondent-Appellee, and Wyoming Mining Association; BTU Western Resources, Inc.; State of Wyoming; National Mining Association, Respondents-Intervenors-Appellees. the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law, Amicus Curiae870 F.3d 1222
• State of Rhode Island, Department of Corrections v. Rhode Island State Labor Relations Board2022-0285-M.P.
• EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION v. Maura Tracy HEALEY, Attorney General of Massachusetts in her official capacity215 F. Supp. 3d 520
• UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Norman COLE, Defendant564 F. Supp. 2d 831
• GAY RIGHTS COALITION OF GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, Et Al., Appellants, and District of Columbia, Intervenor-Appellant, v. GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, Et Al., Appellees536 A.2d 1

Exam Application

Apply climate change law by identifying the relevant facts, citing the leading case, and explaining the ratio.