CALIFORNIA v. BP P.L.C.

Nos. C 17-06011 WHA, C 17-06012 WHA

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff, v. BP P.L.C., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

February 27, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1331 Fed. Question
Nature of Suit: 240 Torts to Land
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The People of the State of California, acting by and through the San Francisco City Attorney Dennis J. Herrera, Plaintiff, represented by Dennis J. Herrera , City Attorney for the City & County of San Francisco, Benjamin Krass , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Emerson Hilton , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Matthew David Goldberg , City & County of San Francisco City Attorney's Office, Matthew F. Pawa , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Robb William Kapla , SF City Attorney's Office, Ronald P. Flynn , Office of the City Attorney, Shana E. Scarlett , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, pro hac vice, Wesley Kelman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP & Yvonne Rosil Mere , Office of the City Attorney.

BP P.L.C., a public limited company of England and Wales, Defendant, represented by Jonathan W. Hughes , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, John David Lombardo , Arnold & Porter LLP, Matthew T. Heartney , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Nancy G. Milburn , Arnold Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, pro hac vice, Philip H. Curtis , Arnold Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, pro hac vice & Rachael S. Shen , Arnold Porter Kaye Scholer LLP.

Chevron Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Andrea Ellen Neuman , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Anne Marie Champion , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, pro hac vice, Erica Worth Harris , Susan Godfrey LLP, Ethan D. Dettmer , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Herbert J. Stern , Stern Kilcullen LLC, Joel M. Silverstein , Stern & Kilcullen, LLC, pro hac vice, Johnny William Carter , Susman Godfrey LLP, Kalpana Srinivasan , Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Kemper Diehl , Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Michael Brent Adamson , Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Neal Stuart Manne , Susman Godfrey LLP, Steven M. Shepard , Susman Godfrey LLP & William Edward Thomson , Gibson Dunn & Cruthcher LLP.

ConocoPhillips Company, a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by Megan R. Nishikawa , King & Spalding LLP, Carol Margaret Wood , King & Spalding LLP, Justin Torres , King & Spalding LLP, Nicholas Allen Miller-Stratton , King and Spalding LLP & Tracie Jo Renfroe , King & Spalding LLP.

Exxon Mobil Corporation, a New Jersey corporation, Defendant, represented by Dawn Sestito , OMelveny & Myers LLP, Daniel John Toal , Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, Jaren Janghorbani , Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, Mark Randall Oppenheimer , O'Melveny & Myers LLP & Theodore V. Wells, Jr. , Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP.

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, a public limited company of England and Wales, Defendant, represented by Elizabeth Ann Kim , Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, Daniel Paul Collins , Munger Tolles & Olson LLP & Jerome Cary Roth , Munger Tolles & Olson LLP.

County of San Mateo, Miscellaneous, represented by Matthew Kendall Edling , Sher Edling LLP.

Chevron Corporation, a Delaware corporation, 3rd party plaintiff, represented by Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Andrea Ellen Neuman , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Anne Marie Champion , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Erica Worth Harris , Susan Godfrey LLP, Ethan D. Dettmer , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Herbert J. Stern , Stern Kilcullen LLC, Joel M. Silverstein , Stern & Kilcullen, LLC, Johnny William Carter , Susman Godfrey LLP, Kemper Diehl , Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Michael Brent Adamson , Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Neal Stuart Manne , Susman Godfrey LLP, Steven M. Shepard , Susman Godfrey LLP & William Edward Thomson , Gibson Dunn & Cruthcher LLP.


ORDER DENYING MOTIONS TO REMAND

INTRODUCTION

In these "global warming" actions asserting claims for public nuisance under state law, plaintiff municipalities move to remand. For the following reasons, the motions are DENIED.

STATEMENT

Oakland and San Francisco brought...

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