Cnty. of San Mateo ex rel. People v. Chevron Corp.
| Decision Date | 26 May 2020 |
| Docket Number | No. 18-15502, No. 18-15503, No. 18-16376,No. 18-15499,18-15499 |
| Citation | 960 F.3d 586 |
| Parties | COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, individually and on behalf of the People of the State of California, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHEVRON CORPORATION; Chevron U.S.A. Inc.; ExxonMobil Corporation; BP PLC; BP America, Inc.; Royal Dutch Shell PLC; Shell Oil Products Company LLC; CITGO Petroleum Corporation; ConocoPhillips; ConocoPhillips Company; Phillips 66 Company; Peabody Energy Corporation; Total E&P USA, Inc.; Total Specialties USA, Inc. ; Arch Coal Inc.; Eni Oil & Gas, Inc. ; Rio Tinto Energy America, Inc.; Rio Tinto Minerals, Inc.; Rio Tinto Services, Inc.; Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; Occidental Petroleum Corporation; Occidental Chemical Corporation; Repsol Energy North America Corp. ; Repsol Trading USA Corp. ; Marathon Oil Company; Marathon Oil Corporation; Marathon Petroleum Corp.; Hess Corp.; Devon Energy Corp.; Devon Energy Production Company, LP; Encana Corporation; Apache Corp., Defendants-Appellants. City of Imperial Beach, individually and on behalf of the People of the State of California, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chevron Corporation; Chevron U.S.A. Inc.; ExxonMobil Corporation; BP PLC; BP America, Inc.; Royal Dutch Shell PLC; Shell Oil Products Company LLC; CITGO Petroleum Corporation; ConocoPhillips; ConocoPhillips Company; Phillips 66 Company; Peabody Energy Corporation; Total E&P USA, Inc.; Total Specialties USA, Inc. ; Arch Coal Inc.; Eni Oil & Gas, Inc. ; Rio Tinto Energy America, Inc.; Rio Tinto Minerals, Inc.; Rio Tinto Services, Inc.; Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; Occidental Petroleum Corporation; Occidental Chemical Corporation; Repsol Energy North America Corp. ; Repsol Trading USA Corp. ; Marathon Oil Company; Marathon Oil Corporation; Marathon Petroleum Corp.; Hess Corp.; Devon Energy Corp.; Devon Energy Production Company, LP; Encana Corporation; Apache Corp., Defendants-Appellants. County of Marin, individually and on behalf of the People of the State of California, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chevron Corporation; Chevron U.S.A. Inc.; ExxonMobil Corporation; BP PLC; BP America, Inc.; Royal Dutch Shell PLC; Shell Oil Products Company LLC; CITGO Petroleum Corporation; ConocoPhillips; ConocoPhillips Company; Phillips 66 Company; Peabody Energy Corporation; Total E&P USA, Inc.; Total Specialties USA, Inc. ; Arch Coal Inc.; Eni Oil & Gas, Inc. ; Rio Tinto Energy America, Inc.; Rio Tinto Minerals, Inc.; Rio Tinto Services, Inc.; Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; Occidental Petroleum Corporation; Occidental Chemical Corporation; Repsol Energy North America Corp. ; Repsol Trading USA Corp. ; Marathon Oil Company; Marathon Oil Corporation; Marathon Petroleum Corp.; Hess Corp.; Devon Energy Corp.; Devon Energy Production Company, LP; Encana Corporation; Apache Corp., Defendants-Appellants. County of Santa Cruz, Individually and on Behalf of The People of the State of California ; City of Santa Cruz, a Municipal Corporation, Individually and on Behalf of The People of the State of California ; City of Richmond, Individually and on Behalf of The People of the State of California, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Chevron Corporation; Chevron USA Inc.; Royal Dutch Shell PLC; BP PLC; Shell Oil Products Company LLC; BP America, Inc.; ExxonMobil Corporation; ConocoPhillips; Conocophillips Company; Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; Apache Corporation; Devon Energy Corporation; Devon Energy Production Company, LP; Total E&P USA, Inc.; Total Specialties USA, Inc. ; Encana Corporation; CITGO Petroleum Corporation; Hess Corporation; Marathon Oil Company; Marathon Oil Corporation; Repsol Energy North America Corporation ; Repsol Trading USA Corporation ; Phillips 66 Company; Occidental Petroleum Corporation; Occidental Chemical Corporation; Eni Oil & Gas, Inc. ; Marathon Petroleum Corporation, Defendants-Appellants. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Ninth Circuit |
Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. (argued), Andrea E. Neuman, William E. Thomson, and Joshua S. Lipshutz, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, California; Herbert J. Stern and Joel M. Silverstein, Stern & Kilcullen LLC, Florham Park, New Jersey; Neal S. Manne, Johnny W. Carter, Erica Harris, and Steven Shepard, Susman Godfrey LLP, Houston, Texas; for Defendants-Appellants Chevron Corporation and Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
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; Philip H. Curtis and Nancy Milburn, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, New York; for Defendants-Appellants BP PLC and BP America, Inc.
Sean C. Grimsley and Jameson R. Jones, Bartlit Beck LLP, Denver, Colorado; Megan R. Nishikawa and Nicholas A. Miller-Stratton, King & Spalding LLP, San Francisco, California; Tracie J. Renfroe and Carol M. Wood, King & Spalding LLP, Houston, Texas; for Defendants-Appellants ConocoPhillips and ConocoPhillips Company.
M. Randall Oppenheimer and Dawn Sestito, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, California; Theodore V. Wells, Jr., Daniel J. Toal, and Jaren E. Janghorbani, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, New York; for Defendant-Appellant Exxon Mobil Corporation.
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-Appellants Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Shell Oil Products Company LLC.
Bryan M. Killian, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, D.C.; James J. Dragna and Yardena R. Zwang-Weissman, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Defendant-Appellant Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.
Thomas F. Koegel, Crowell & Moring LLP, San Francisco, California; Kathleen Taylor Sooy and Tracy A. Roman, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Defendant-Appellant Arch Coal Inc.
Mortimer Hartwell, Vinson & Elkins LLP, San Francisco, California; Patrick W. Mizell and Deborah C. Milner, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Houston, Texas; for Defendant-Appellant Apache Corp.
William M. Sloan and Jessica L. Grant, Venable LLP, San Francisco, California; for Defendant-Appellant Peabody Energy Corporation.
Mark McKane P.C., Kirkland & Ellis LLP, San Francisco, California; Andrew A. Kassof, P.C., and Brenton Rogers, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, Illinois; for Defendants-Appellants Rio Tinto Energy America, Inc.; Rio Tinto Minerals, Inc.; and Rio Tinto Services, Inc.
Gregory Evans, McGuireWoods LLP, Los Angeles, California; Steven R. Williams, Joy C. Fuhr, and Brian D. Schmalzbach, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, Virginia; for Defendants-Appellants Devon Energy Corp. and Devon Energy Production Company, LP.
Christopher W. Keegan, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, San Francisco, California; Andrew R. McGaan, P.C., Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, Illinois; Anna G. Rotman, P.C., Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Houston, Texas; Bryan D. Rohm, Total E&P USA, Inc., Houston, Texas; for Defendants-Appellants Total E&P USA, Inc.; and Total Specialties USA, Inc.
Michael F. Healy, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, San Francisco, California; Michael L. Fox, Duane Morris LLP, San Francisco, California; for Defendant-Appellant Encana Corporation.
Craig A. Moyer and Peter Duchesneau, Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP, Los Angeles, California; Stephanie A. Roeser, Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP, San Francisco, California; Nathan P. Eimer, Lisa S. Meyer, Pamela R. Hanebutt, and Raphael Janove, Eimer Stahl LLP, Chicago, Illinois; for Defendant-Appellant CITGO Petroleum Corporation.
Christopher J. Carr and Jonathan A. Shapiro, Baker Botts L.L.P., San Francisco, California; Scott Janoe, Baker Botts L.L.P., Houston, Texas; Evan Young, Baker Botts L.L.P., Austin, Texas; Megan Berge, Baker Botts L.L.P., Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellants Hess Corp., Marathon Oil Company, Marathon Oil Corporation, Repsol Energy North America Corp., and Repsol Trading USA Corp.
Steven M. Bauer and Margaret A. Tough, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, California; for Defendant-Appellant Phillips 66 Company.
David E. Cranston, Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Defendant-Appellant Eni Oil & Gas, Inc.
Marc A. Fuller and Matthew R. Stammel, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Dallas, Texas; Stephen C. Lewis and R. Morgan Gilhuly, Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp LLP, San Francisco, California; for Defendants-Appellants Occidental Petroleum Corporation and Occidental Chemical Corporation.
Shannon S. Broome and Ann Marie Mortimer, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, San Francisco, California; Shawn Patrick Regan, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, New York, New York; for Defendant-Appellant Marathon Petroleum Corp.
Victor M. Sher (argued), Matthew K. Edling, Katie H. Jones, and Martin D. Quiñones, Sher Edling LLP, San Francisco, California; Kevin K. Russell, Sarah E. Harrington, and Charles H. Davis, Goldstein & Russell P.C., Bethesda, Maryland; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
John C. Beiers, Paul A. Okada, David A. Silberman, Margaret V. Tides, and Matthew J. Sanders, Office of the County Counsel, Redwood City, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee County of San Mateo.
Brian E. Washington, Brian C. Case, and Brandon Halter, Office of the County Counsel, San Rafael, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee County of Marin.
Jennifer Lyon and Steven E. Boehmer, McDougal Love Boehmer Foley Lyon & Canlas, Office of the City Attorney, La Mesa, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee City of Imperial Beach.
Dana McRae and Jordan Sheinbaum, Office of the County Counsel, Santa Cruz, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee County of Santa Cruz.
Anthony P. Condotti, City Attorney, Santa Cruz, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee City of Santa Cruz.
Bruce Reed Goodmiller and Rachel H. Sommovilla, City Attorney's Office, Richmond, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee City of Richmond.
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