Legal Opinion
Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided September 30, 2009No. Case C 08-1138 SBAPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION
(Docket 171, 172, 175, 176, 177)
SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG, District Judge.
Plaintiff Native Village of Kivalina (the Village) is the governing body of an Inupiat Eskimo village of approximately 400 people who reside in the City of Kivalina (Kivalina), which also is a plaintiff in this action. The Complaint alleges that as a result of global warming, the Arctic sea ice that protects the Kivalina coast from winter storms has diminished, and that the resulting erosion and destruction will require the relocation of…
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