Juliana v. United States of America

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON EUGENE DIVISION KELSEY CASCADIA ROSE JULIANA, et al., Civ. No. 6:15-cv-01517-AA Plaintiffs, OPINION AND ORDER v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., Defendants. __ ______ ______ __________________________ AIKEN, District Judge: In this civil rights action, plaintiffs—a group of young people between the ages of eight and nineteen when this lawsuit was filed and “future generations” through their guardian Dr. James Hansen—allege injury from the devastation of climate change and contend that the Constitution guarantees the right to a…