DEPT OF ENV. PROT. v. EXXON MOBIL

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. Lesniak, amicus curiae-appellant, argued the cause pro se, individually and as New Jersey State Senator in A-0668-15 ( Richard L. Rudin and Julia O. Donohue , on the briefs).

Edward Lloyd (Columbia Environmental Law Clinic, Morningside Heights Legal Services, Inc.) argued the cause for amicus curiae-appellants New Jersey Sierra Club, Clean Water Action, Environment New Jersey, and Delaware Riverkeeper Network in A-0810-15 (Edward Lloyd, attorney; Edward Lloyd and Susan J. Kraham , on the briefs).

Theodore V. Wells, Jr. (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for respondent Exxon Mobil Corporation (Archer & Greiner, and Theodore V. Wells, Jr. , attorneys; Marc A. Rollo , Arthur H. Jones, Jr. , Theodore V. Wells, Jr. , John F. Baughman (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, Daniel J. Toal (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, and Jaren Janghorbani (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, on the brief).

Allan Kanner (Kanner & Whiteley, LLC) of the Louisiana bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for respondent New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ( Christopher S. Porrino , Attorney General, and Allan Kanner, attorneys; Richard F. Engel , Deputy Attorney General, Jeffrey Jacobson , Chief Counsel, David Apy , Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth B. Petersen (Kanner & Whiteley, LLC) of the Louisiana bar, admitted pro hac vice, Allison M. Shipp (Kanner & Whiteley, LLC) of the Louisiana bar, admitted pro hac vice, and Allan Kanner, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges Messano, O'Connor, and Vernoia.