This form is a Complaint. This action is to recover damages for a violation of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. The plaintiff is seeking punitive damages and reasonable attorney's fees.
This form is a Complaint. This action is to recover damages for a violation of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. The plaintiff is seeking punitive damages and reasonable attorney's fees.
Heat risk in Oakland, CA By 2050, people in Oakland are projected to experience an average of about 19 days per year over 85.0ºF. Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of heat waves, even in places with cooler average temperatures. See more information on heat risk.
What's the difference between a Jury Trial and a Court Trial? In a jury trial, the decision of guilt or innocence is decided by either 6 or 12 citizens who listen to the evidence and make the decision. In a court trial, there is no jury present. The judge listens to the evidence and makes the decision.
Oakland is suing five of the world's biggest climate polluters — Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil, BP and Royal Dutch Shell — to hold the companies accountable for the costs to protect residents and infrastructure from sea level rise and other climate damages they knew their fossil fuel products would cause.
Oakland, California is located in USDA Hardiness Zone 9 and Zone 10.
The Attorney General's lawsuit, filed in San Francisco County Superior Court in September 2023, claims that Exxon Mobil, Shell, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BP, and the American Petroleum Institute (API) have known for decades that reliance on fossil fuels would warm the planet and thereby cause catastrophic harms to the ...
All persons accused of a crime or involved in a civil dispute have a constitutional right to have a jury decide their cases.
Climate litigation typically engages in one of five types of legal claims: Constitutional law (focused on breaches of constitutional rights by the state), administrative law (challenging the merits of administrative decision making), private law (challenging corporations or other organizations for negligence, nuisance, ...
Opening statements are not evidence, only expectations of what each side expects the evidence to prove. Presentation of Evidence and Testimony of Witnesses. Closing Arguments. Presentation of Jury Instructions (Charging the Jury) ... Deliberation. Announcement of the Verdict.
CRIMINAL TRIAL PROCESS STEPS Selecting a jury. Opening statements. Witness testimonies and cross-examination. Closing arguments. Jury instruction. Deliberation and verdict.
Constitutional Amendments – Amendment 7 – “The Right to Jury Trial in Civil Affairs” Amendment Seven to the Constitution was ratified on December 15, 1791. It protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts with civil cases where the claim exceeds a certain dollar value.