Kivalina v. ExxonMobil

E484115

United States federal court case climate change lawsuit public nuisance case tort action

Kivalina v. ExxonMobil is a landmark U.S. climate change lawsuit in which an Alaskan village sued major energy companies for damages allegedly caused by global warming and resulting coastal erosion.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp.	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal court case ⓘ climate change lawsuit ⓘ public nuisance case ⓘ tort action ⓘ
allegesCause	defendants’ contribution to climate change ⓘ greenhouse gas emissions from defendants ⓘ
allegesHarm	coastal erosion ⓘ global warming ⓘ loss of sea ice protection ⓘ sea level rise ⓘ threat to habitability of Kivalina ⓘ
appealDecisionDate	2012-09-21 ⓘ
appealOutcome	dismissal affirmed ⓘ
characterizedAs	landmark climate change litigation ⓘ
citation	Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp., 663 F. Supp. 2d 863 (N.D. Cal. 2009) NERFINISHED ⓘ Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp., 696 F.3d 849 (9th Cir. 2012) NERFINISHED ⓘ
concernsCommunity	Inupiat village of Kivalina NERFINISHED ⓘ
courtHeld	federal common law nuisance claims displaced by Clean Air Act ⓘ
courtReliedOn	American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
decisionDate	2009-10-15 ⓘ
districtCourtOutcome	case dismissed ⓘ
filedInCourt	United States District Court for the Northern District of California NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicContext	Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDefendant	American Electric Power Company, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ BP America, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ Chevron Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ ConocoPhillips Company NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke Energy Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ ExxonMobil Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ Peabody Energy Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Dutch Shell PLC NERFINISHED ⓘ other major energy companies ⓘ
hasPlaintiff	City of Kivalina NERFINISHED ⓘ Native Village of Kivalina NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyIssue	displacement of federal common law by statute ⓘ justiciability of climate change tort claims ⓘ political question doctrine ⓘ standing of plaintiffs ⓘ
legalBasisAlleged	federal common law of public nuisance ⓘ state law nuisance claims ⓘ
onAppealTo	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit NERFINISHED ⓘ
plaintiffsSeek	damages for past and future harms ⓘ funds to relocate the village ⓘ
relatedTo	climate change tort jurisprudence in the United States ⓘ environmental justice issues for Indigenous communities ⓘ
seeksRemedy	costs of relocation of Kivalina ⓘ monetary damages ⓘ
subjectMatter	liability of energy companies for climate change impacts ⓘ

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