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Exxon Mobil Corporation v. City of New York

Petition for certiorari denied on April 21, 2014
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
13-842 2d Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2013

Issue: (1) Whether a claim is ripe when it is predicated on a plaintiff’s potential future injury and mere good faith intent to take steps in fifteen to twenty years that could, depending on a chain of uncertain events, cause the plaintiff to suffer an actual injury some day in the future; and (2) whether the federal oxygenate mandate in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, 42 U.S.C. § 7545, preempts a state-law tort award that imposes retroactive liability on a manufacturer for using the safest, feasible means available at the time for complying with that mandate.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Jan 13 2014Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 14, 2014)
Jan 22 2014Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 17, 2014.
Feb 3 2014Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents.
Feb 3 2014Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners.
Feb 12 2014Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
Feb 14 2014Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
Mar 17 2014Brief of respondents City of New York, New York, et al. in opposition filed.
Apr 1 2014Reply of petitioners Exxon Mobil Corporation, et al. filed.
Apr 2 2014DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 18, 2014.
Apr 21 2014Petition DENIED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.