California Cause of Action Court Decisions 
At the Lectern
JULY 18, 2024
” It’s the UCL four-year statute of limitations, not the one-year provision in the Insurance Code — and similar language in the insured’s policy — for a “suit or action on th[e] policy.” The court reverses the First District, Division Two, Court of Appeal’s 2-1 published opinion.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
MAY 12, 2023
From here, the cases will move ahead in state court, with key developments to watch in Hawai’i and around the country. Background on the cases Starting in 2017 with three cases filed in California, cities, counties, and states across the country filed suits against fossil fuel companies.
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 11, 2020
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court judgment rejecting challenges to San Francisco regulations that dictated which taxi medallion holders could pick up passengers at San Francisco International Airport. 1:20-cv-00056 (D.D.C. Union of Concerned Scientists v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration , No.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 17, 2025
It notes the acknowledged circuit split, argues that loss and miscarriage are sufficiently broad to encompass claims of intentional nondelivery, and argues that langauge in the Supreme Courts decision in Dolan v. USPS indicates that immunity covers situations when mail fails to arrive at all. First Choice now petitions for review.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
The Ninth Circuit said the new issuance of NWP 12 rendered the appeals moot and ordered the district court to dismiss the underlying claim. The Ninth Circuit declined, however, to take a position on whether the underlying cases were moot in their entirety and also declined to vacate any district court decisions. King County v.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JANUARY 13, 2021
In December 2020, three additional petitions for writ of certiorari were filed by fossil fuel companies seeking review of decisions affirming remand orders in cases brought by the County of San Mateo and other California local governments, by Rhode Island, and by the City of Boulder and Boulder and San Miguel Counties in Colorado.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JULY 2, 2021
Supreme Court denied fossil fuel companies’ petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of the Ninth Circuit’s decision reversing the district court’s 2018 denial of Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change nuisance cases to California state court. Chevron Corp. City of Oakland , No.
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