Massachusetts v. Exxon Mobil Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS ) COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) CIVIL ACTION v. ) NO. 19-12430-WGY ) EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, ) ) Defendant. ) ) YOUNG, D.J. May 28, 2020 MEMORANDUM OF DECISION I. INTRODUCTION The parties offer the Court sharply diverging theories of this case. As Exxon Mobil Corporation tells it, Massachusetts has brought this suit to hold a single oil company liable for global climate change. To the Commonwealth, this case is about seismic corporate fraud perpetrated on millions of consumers and investors. Yet as it reaches this…