CALIFORNIA v. BP P.L.C.

Nos. C 17-06011 WHA, C 17-06012 WHA

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff, v. BP P.L.C., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

March 6, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1331 Fed. Question
Nature of Suit: 240 Torts to Land
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The People of the State of California, acting by and through the Oakland City Attorney, Plaintiff, represented by Erin Brianna Bernstein , Office of the City Attorney of San Francisco, Maria Bee , Oakland City Attorney's Office, Shana E. Scarlett , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Benjamin A. Crass , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Benjamin Krass , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Emerson Hilton , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Matthew F. Pawa , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, pro hac vice & Wesley Kelman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

BP P.L.C., a public limited company of England and Wales, Defendant, represented by Jonathan W. Hughes , Arnold & Porter LLP, John David Lombardo , Arnold & Porter LLP, Matthew T. Heartney , Arnold & Porter, Nancy G. Milburn , Arnold Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Philip H. Curtis , Arnold Porter Kaye Scholer LLP & Rachael S. Shen , Arnold Porter Kaye Scholer LLP.

Chevron Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Andrea Ellen Neuman , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Anne Marie Champion , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Erica Worth Harris , Susan Godfrey LLP, Ethan D. Dettmer , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Herbert J. Stern , Stern Kilcullen LLC, Joel M. Silverstein , Stern & Kilcullen, LLC, Johnny William Carter , Susman Godfrey LLP, Kalpana Srinivasan , Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Kemper Diehl , Susman Godfrey L.L.P., pro hac vice, Michael Brent Adamson , Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Neal Stuart Manne , Susman Godfrey LLP, Steven M. Shepard , Susman Godfrey LLP & William Edward Thomson , Gibson Dunn & Cruthcher LLP.

ConocoPhillips Company, a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by Megan R. Nishikawa , King & Spalding LLP, Carol Margaret Wood , King & Spalding LLP, Justin Torres , King & Spalding LLP, Nicholas Allen Miller-Stratton , King and Spalding LLP & Tracie Jo Renfroe , King & Spalding LLP.

Exxon Mobil Corporation, a New Jersey corporation, Defendant, represented by Mark Randall Oppenheimer , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Daniel John Toal , Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, Dawn Sestito , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Jaren Janghorbani , Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP & Theodore V. Wells, Jr. , Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP.

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, a public limited company of England and Wales, Defendant, represented by Elizabeth Ann Kim , Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, Daniel Paul Collins , Munger Tolles & Olson LLP & Jerome Cary Roth , Munger Tolles & Olson LLP.

Chevron Corporation, a Delaware corporation, 3rd party plaintiff, represented by Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Andrea Ellen Neuman , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Anne Marie Champion , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Erica Worth Harris , Susan Godfrey LLP, Ethan D. Dettmer , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Herbert J. Stern , Stern Kilcullen LLC, Joel M. Silverstein , Stern & Kilcullen, LLC, Johnny William Carter , Susman Godfrey LLP, Kemper Diehl , Susman Godfrey L.L.P., pro hac vice, Michael Brent Adamson , Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Neal Stuart Manne , Susman Godfrey LLP, Steven M. Shepard , Susman Godfrey LLP & William Edward Thomson , Gibson Dunn & Cruthcher LLP.


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