Legal Opinion
In re Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" Marketing, Sales Practices, & Products Liability Litigation
District Court, N.D. California
Decided August 31, 2017No. MDL No. 2672 CRB (JSC)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1042ORDER GRANTING VOLKSWAGEN’S MOTION TO DISMISS WYOMING’S COMPLAINT
CHARLES R. BREYER, United States District Judge
From approximately May 2006 to November 2015, Volkswagen AG conspired to and did defraud the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by surreptitiously installing software 'in its -“clean diesel” vehicles that masked true nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission levels. In response, the U.S. Department of Justice (on behalf of EPA) filed civil .and criminal, actions against Volkswagen to enforce the Clean Air Act (CAA), and Volkswagen ultimately pled guilty to three criminal felony counts…
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