Makah Indian Tribe v. Exxon Mobil Corporation

1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 MAKAH INDIAN TRIBE, CASE NO. 2:24-cv-157 8 Plaintiff, REMAND ORDER 9 v. 10 EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION et al., 11 Defendants. 12 13 SHOALWATER BAY INDIAN TRIBE, CASE NO. 2:24-cv-158 14 Plaintiff, 15 v. 16 EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION et al., 17 Defendants. 18 19 1. INTRODUCTION 20 The question presented is straightforward: whether this Court possesses 21 federal-question jurisdiction over state-law public-nuisance and failure-to-warn 22 claims brought by Indian tribes against fossil fuel companies for climate change-…