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EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION v. ATTORNEY GENERAL

SJC-12376.

479 Mass. 312 (2018)

EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION v. ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 13, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Justin Anderson , of the District of Columbia ( Jamie D. Brooks & Theodore V. Wells, Jr. , of New York, Thomas C. Frongillo , & Caroline K. Simons also present) for the plaintiff.

Richard A. Johnston , Assistant Attorney General ( Melissa A. Hoffer , I. Andrew Goldberg , Christopher G. Courchesne , Peter C. Mulcahy , & Seth Schofield , Assistant Attorneys General, also present) for the defendant.

Wendy B. Jacobs & Shaun A. Goho , for Francis X. Bellotti & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Archis A. Parasharami , of the District of Columbia, & Steven P. Lehotsky , for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.

In 2015, news reporters released internal documents from Exxon Mobil Corporation (Exxon) purporting to show that the company knew, long before the general public, that emissions from fossil fuels — Exxon's principal product — contributed to global warming and climate change, and that in order to avoid the consequences of...

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