Kivalina v. ExxonMobil

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Kivalina v. ExxonMobil is a landmark U.S. climate change lawsuit in which an Alaskan village sued major energy companies for damages allegedly caused by global warming and resulting coastal erosion.

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instanceOf United States federal court case ⓘ
climate change lawsuit ⓘ
public nuisance case ⓘ
tort action ⓘ
allegesCause defendants’ contribution to climate change ⓘ
greenhouse gas emissions from defendants ⓘ
allegesHarm coastal erosion ⓘ
global warming ⓘ
loss of sea ice protection ⓘ
sea level rise ⓘ
threat to habitability of Kivalina ⓘ
appealDecisionDate 2012-09-21 ⓘ
appealOutcome dismissal affirmed ⓘ
characterizedAs landmark climate change litigation ⓘ
citation Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp., 663 F. Supp. 2d 863 (N.D. Cal. 2009) ⓘ
Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp., 696 F.3d 849 (9th Cir. 2012) ⓘ
concernsCommunity Inupiat village of Kivalina ⓘ
linked to: Shishmaref, Alaska
courtHeld federal common law nuisance claims displaced by Clean Air Act ⓘ
courtReliedOn American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut ⓘ
decisionDate 2009-10-15 ⓘ
districtCourtOutcome case dismissed ⓘ
filedInCourt United States District Court for the Northern District of California ⓘ
geographicContext Alaska ⓘ
hasDefendant American Electric Power Company, Inc. ⓘ
BP America, Inc. ⓘ
linked to: BP America

Chevron Corporation ⓘ
ConocoPhillips Company ⓘ
linked to: ConocoPhillips

Duke Energy Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Duke Power Company

ExxonMobil Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Exxon

Peabody Energy Corporation ⓘ
Royal Dutch Shell PLC ⓘ
linked to: Royal Dutch Shell

other major energy companies ⓘ
hasPlaintiff City of Kivalina ⓘ
Native Village of Kivalina ⓘ
keyIssue displacement of federal common law by statute ⓘ
justiciability of climate change tort claims ⓘ
political question doctrine ⓘ
standing of plaintiffs ⓘ
legalBasisAlleged federal common law of public nuisance ⓘ
state law nuisance claims ⓘ
onAppealTo United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ⓘ
plaintiffsSeek damages for past and future harms ⓘ
funds to relocate the village ⓘ
relatedTo climate change tort jurisprudence in the United States ⓘ
environmental justice issues for Indigenous communities ⓘ
seeksRemedy costs of relocation of Kivalina ⓘ
monetary damages ⓘ
subjectMatter liability of energy companies for climate change impacts ⓘ

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Kivalina → hasLegalCase → Kivalina v. ExxonMobil ⓘ
Kivalina → hasLegalCase → Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp. ⓘ
linked to: Kivalina v. ExxonMobil
Kivalina v. ExxonMobil → citation → Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp., 663 F. Supp. 2d 863 (N.D. Cal. 2009) ⓘ
linked to: Kivalina v. ExxonMobil
Kivalina v. ExxonMobil → citation → Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp., 696 F.3d 849 (9th Cir. 2012) ⓘ
linked to: Kivalina v. ExxonMobil