Legal Opinion
CITY OF HOBOKEN v. EXXON MOBIL CORP.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided September 8, 2021No. 2:20-cv-14243Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY CITY OF HOBOKEN, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 20-cv-14243 v. OPINION EXXON MOBIL CORP., ET AL., Defendants. John Michael Vazquez, U.S.D.J. This case is one of many similar cases recently filed throughout the United States seeking to hold oil and gas companies accountable for their role in climate change. In this matter, Plaintiff the City of Hoboken (“Plaintiff” or “Hoboken”) alleges that Defendants, who are oil and gas companies and related entities, engaged in a decades-long campaign to downplay the effect of fossil fuel usage on climate…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Services, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Gunn v. MintonSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
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