Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Michael Rubin (argued), Barbara J. Chisholm , Rebecca Moryl Lee , and Corinne F. Johnson , Altshuler Berzon LLP, San Francisco, California; Victor M. Sher and Matthew K. Edling , Sher Edling LLP, San Francisco, California; Barbara J. Parker , City Attorney; Maria Bee , Special Counsel; Erin Bernstein , Supervising Attorney; Malia McPherson , Deputy; Office of the City Attorney, Oakland, California; Dennis J. Herrera , City Attorney; Ronald P. Flynn , Chief Deputy; Yvonne R. Meré , Chief, Complex Litigation; Matthew D. Goldberg and Robb W. Kapla , Deputies; City Attorney's Office, San Francisco, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellants. Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. (argued), Andrea E. Neuman , and William E. Thomson , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, California; Joshua S. Lipshutz , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, California; Neal S. Manne , Johnny W. Carter , Erica Harris , and Steven Shepard , Susman Godfrey LLP, Houston, Texas; Herbert J. Stern and Joel M. Silverstein , Stern & Kilcullen LLC, Florham Park, New Jersey; for Defendant-Appellee Chevron Corporation.
Kannon K. Shanmugam (argued), Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, D.C.; Theodore V. Wells Jr. , Daniel J. Toal , and Jaren Janghorbani , Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, New York; Jonathan W. Hughes , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, San Francisco, California; Matthew T. Heartney and John D. Lombardo , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, California; Jameson R. Jones and Sean C. Grimsley , Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP, Denver, Colorado; Tracie J. Renfroe and Carol M. Wood , King & Spalding LLP, Houston, Texas; M. Randall Oppenheimer and Dawn Sestito , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, California; Daniel B. Levin , Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California; Jerome C. Roth and Elizabeth A. Kim , Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, San Francisco, California; David C. Frederick and Brendan J. Crimmins , Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellees BP PLC, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil Corporation, and Royal Dutch Shell PLC.
Jonathan Brightbill (argued) and Eric Grant , Deputy Assistant Attorneys General; R. Justin Smith and Christine W. Ennis , Trial Attorneys; Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae United States.
Michael Burger , Morningside Heights Legal Services, Inc., New York, New York, for Amici Curiae National League of Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors, and International Municipal Lawyers Association.
Michael R. Lozeau and Richard T. Drury , Lozeau Drury LLP, Oakland, California, for Amici Curiae Conflict of Laws and Foreign Relations Law Scholars.
Gerson H. Smoger , Smoger & Associates P.C., Dallas, Texas; Robert S. Peck , Center for Constitutional Litigation P.C., Washington, D.C.; for Amici Curiae Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, Dianne Feinstein, Richard Blumenthal, Mazie K. Hirono, Edward J. Markey, and Kamala D. Harris.
Seth Davis , Berkeley, California; Ruthanne M. Deutsch and Hyland Hunt , Deutsch Hunt PLLC, Washington, D.C.; for Amici Curiae Legal Scholars.
John W. Keker , Matthew Werdegar , and Dan Jackson , Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP, San Francisco, California; Harold Hongju Koh and Conor Dwyer Reynolds , Rule of Law Clinic, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut; for Amici Curiae Former U.S. Government Officials.
James R. Williams , County Counsel; Greta S. Hansen , Chief Assistant County Counsel; Laura S. Trice , Lead Deputy County Counsel; Tony LoPresti , Deputy County Counsel; Office of County Counsel, County of Santa Clara, San José, California; for Amicus Curiae California State Association of Counties.
Daniel P. Mensher and Alison S. Gaffney , Keller Rohrback L.L.P., Seattle, Washington, for Amici Curiae Robert Brulle, Center for Climate Integrity, Justin Farrell, Benjamin Franta, Stephan Lewandowsky, Naomi Oreskes, Geoffrey Supran, and Union of Concerned Scientists.
Kenneth L. Adams , Adams Holcomb LLP, Washington, D.C.; William A. Rossbach , Rossbach Law PC, Missoula, Montana; for Amici Curiae Mario J. Molina, Michael Oppenheimer, Bob Kopp, Friederike Otto, Susanne C. Moser, Donald J. Wuebbles, Gary Griggs, Peter C. Frumhoff, and Kristina Dahl.
Ian Fein , Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, California; Peter Huffman , Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae Natural Resources Defense Council.
Xavier Becerra , Attorney General; Sally Magnani , Senior Assistant Attorney General; David A. Zonana , Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Erin Ganahl and Heather Leslie , Deputy Attorneys General; Attorney General's Office, Sacramento, California; William Tong , Brian E. Frosh , Keith Ellison , Gurbir S. Grewal , Letitia James , Ellen F. Rosenblum ; Peter F. Neronha , Thomas J. Donovan Jr. , Robert W. Ferguson , and Karl A. Racine , Attorneys General; for Amici Curiae States of California, Connecticut, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington, and the District of Columbia.
Steven P. Lehotsky , Michael B. Schon , and Jonathan D. Urick , U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; Peter D. Keisler , C. Frederick Beckner III , Ryan C. Morris , and Tobias S. Loss-Eaton , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.
Corbin K. Barthold and Cory L. Andrews , Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation.
Philip S. Goldberg and Christopher E. Appel , Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Washington, D.C.; Linda E. Kelly and Peter C. Tolsdorf , Manufacturers' Center for Legal Action, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae National Association of Manufacturers.
Curtis T. Hill, Jr. , Attorney General; Thomas M. Fisher , Solicitor General; Kian J. Hudson , Deputy Solicitor General; Julia C. Payne and Robert Rowlett , Deputy Attorneys General; Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, Indiana; Steve Marshall , Kevin G. Clarkson , Leslie Rutledge , Christopher M. Carr , Derek Schmidt , Jeff Landry , Eric Schmitt , Tim Fox , Doug Peterson , Wayne Stenehjem , Dave Yost , Mike Hunter , Alan Wilson , Ken Paxton , Sean Reyes , Patrick Morrissey , and Bridget Hill , Attorneys General; for Amici Curiae States of Indiana, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
Raymond A. Cardozo and David J. de Jesus , Reed Smith LLP, San Francisco, California; Richard A. Epstein , Chicago, Illinois; for Amici Curiae Professors Richard A. Epstein, Jason Scott Johnston, and Henry N. Butler.
Before: Sandra S. Ikuta, Morgan Christen, and Kenneth K. Lee, Circuit Judges.
