On April 19, 2016, Attorney General Healey opened an investigation by issuing a civil investigative demand to Exxon Mobil Corporation 
file size 4MB concerning potential violations of the Massachusetts consumer protection statute, M.G.L. c. 93A, Section 2, and its implementing regulations, arising both from Exxon's (1) marketing and/or sale of energy and other fossil fuel derived products to consumers in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and (2) the marketing and/or sale of securities, as defined in M.G.L. c. 110A, Section 401(k), to investors in the Commonwealth. Specifically, the investigation seeks information regarding whether Exxon may have misled consumers and/or investors with respect to the impact of fossil fuels on climate change, and climate change-driven risks to Exxon's business.
This page provides links to court filings and related documents.
Massachusetts Attorney General's Office Civil Investigative Demand No. 2016-EPD-36 Issued April 19, 2016 file size 4MB
Documents filed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Appeals Court
- July 5, 2017 Letter from Attorney General of Massachusetts regarding Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, 582 U.S. __, 137 S. Ct. 1773 (June 19, 2017)
- June 22, 2017 Letter from Exxon Mobil Corporation regarding Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, 582 U.S. __, 137 S. Ct. 1773 (June 19, 2017) file size 12MB
- June 14, 2017 Reply Brief of Exxon Mobil Corporation file size 1MB
- June 7, 2017 Brief of Amici Curiae from Massachusetts Attorneys General
- May 31, 2017 Brief of Appellee Attorney General of Massachusetts
- May 1, 2017 Exxon Mobil Corporation's Opening Brief file size 5MB
Documents filed with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- June 30, 2017 Declaration in Support of New York Attorney General’s Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss Based on Certain Threshold Defenses file size 5MB
- June 30, 2017 Reply in Support of New York Attorney General’s Motion to Dismiss Based on Certain Threshold Defenses
- June 30, 2017 Reply in Support of Attorney General Healey’s Renewed Motion to Dismiss First Amended Complaint
- June 23, 2017 - Amici Curiae Brief of TX, LA, SC, AL, MI, WI, NE, OK, UT, AR, NV, and IN in Opposition to Defendants’ Renewed Motions to Dismiss
- June 16, 2016 Declaration in Support of Exxon’s Opposition to Motions to Dismiss file size 29MB
- June 16, 2016 Exxon Mobil Corporation’s Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Motions to Dismiss
- May 19, 2017 Memorandum of Law in Support of New York Attorney General’s Motion to Dismiss Based on Certain Threshold Defenses
- May 19, 2017 Memorandum of Law in Support of Defendant Attorney General Healey’s Renewed Motion to Dismiss First Amended Complaint
- May 19, 2017 Declaration in Support of New York Attorney General’s Motion to Dismiss Based on Certain Threshold Defenses file size 22MB
- May 19, 2017 Notice of New York Attorney General’s Motion to Dismiss Based on Certain Threshold Defenses
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Documents filed with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- March 29, 2017 Order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas Transferring Case to Southern District of New York.pdf
- February 01, 2017 Second Supplemental Appendix in Support of New York Attorney General's Motion to Dismiss Exxon Mobil's First Amended Complaint file size 3MB
- February 01, 2017 Memorandum of Law in Support of the New York Attorney General's Motion to Dismiss the First Amended Complaint for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction
- February 01, 2017 Appendix in Support of Exxon Mobil Corporation's Brief in Support of This Court's Personal Jurisdiction Over the Defendants file size 8MB
- February 01, 2017 Exxon Mobil Corporation's Brief in Support of This Court's Personal Jurisdiction Over the Defendants
- February 01, 2017 Appendix in Support of Attorney General Healey's Brief in Support of Dismissal for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction file size 3MB
- February 01, 2017 Attorney General Healey's Brief in Support of Dismissal for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction
- January 06, 2017 Supplemental Appendix in Further Support of Attorney General Schneiderman's Motion to Dismiss ExxonMobil's First Amended Complaint
- January 06, 2017 Reply Memorandum of Law in Further Support of NY Attorney General's Motion to Dismiss the First Amended Complaint
- January 03, 2017 Reply in Support of AG Healey's Motion to Dismiss First Amended Complaint
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Documents filed with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- December 13, 2016 Order of the United State Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Denying the Petition of Writ of Mandamus and the Motion to Stay District Court as Moot
- December 12, 2016 Letter to the United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit Clerk regarding two orders from the United States District Court
- December 09, 2016 Commonwealth's Emergency Motion for Stay Pending Mandamus
- December 09, 2016 Addendum to Commonwealth's Petition for a Writ of Mandamus file size 9MB
- December 09, 2016 Commonwealth's Petition for a Writ of Mandamus
Documents filed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Superior Court
- January 11, 2017 Order on Emergency Motion of ExxonMobil to Set Aside or Modify the Civil Investigative Demand or Issue a Protective Order and the Commonwealth's Cross-motion to Compel ExxonMobil to Comply with Civil Investigative Demand No. 2016-EPD-36 file size 3MB
- December 27, 2016 Exxon Mobil Corporation’s Letter to Associate Justice Brieger In re Civil Investigative Demand No. 2016-EPD-36 file size 2MB
- December 19, 2016 Commonwealth's Letter to Associate Justice Brieger In re Civil Investigative Demand No. 2016-EPD-36
- December 12, 2016 Exxon Mobil Corporation’s Letter to Associate Justice Brieger In re Civil Investigative Demand No. 2016-EPD-36 file size 18MB
- December 09, 2016 Commonwealth's Letter to Associate Justice Brieger In re Civil Investigative Demand No. 2016-EPD-36 file size 15MB
- December 06, 2016 Exxon Mobil Corporation’s Letter to Associate Justice Brieger In re Civil Investigative Demand No. 2016-EPD-36 file size 5MB
- December 2, 2016 Commonwealth's Letter to Associate Justice Brieger In re Civil Investigative Demand No. 2016-EPD-36 file size 2MB
- October 21, 2016 Notice to Appear for Motion Hearing
- October 11, 2016 ExxonMobil Corporation’s Notice of Filing Pursuant to Superior Court Rule 9A and Listing of Documents Filed Pursuant to Superior Court Rule 9A
- October 06, 2016 Supplemental Appendix in Support of the Commonwealth's Cross-motion to Compel Exxon Mobil Corporation to Comply with Civil Investigative Demand No. 2016-EPD-36 file size 4MB
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Correspondence with the House Science Space and Technology Committee
- March 01, 2017 Letter from Richard Johnston, Chief Legal Counsel, to Chairman Lamar Smith, House Science Space and Technology Committee
- February 16, 2017 Letter and Subpoena issued by Chairman Lamar Smith, House Science Space and Technology Committe, to Attorney General Healey file size 6MB
- September 26, 2016 Letter from Richard Johnston, Chief Legal Counsel, to Chairman Lamar Smith, House Science Space and Technology Committee file size 1MB
- August 3, 2016 Letter from the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation to Chairman Lamar Smith, House Science Space and Technology Committee file size 1MB
- July 26, 2016 Letter from Richard Johnston, Chief Legal Counsel, to Chairman Lamar Smith, House Science Space and Technology Committee file size 4MB
- July 13, 2016 Subpoena issued by Chairman Lamar Smith, House Science Space and Technology Committee, to Attorney General Maura Healey file size 2MB
- July 13, 2016 Letter from Richard Johnston, Chief Legal Counsel, to Chairman Lamar Smith, House Science Space and Technology Committee file size 8MB
- July 6, 2016 Letter to AG Healey from Chairman Lamar Smith, House Science Space and Technology Committee
- June 24, 2016 Letter from Richard Johnston, Chief Legal Counsel, to Chairman Lamar Smith, House Science Space and Technology Committee
- June 17, 2016 Letter to AG Healey from Chairman Lamar Smith, House Science Space and Technology Committee file size 3MB
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