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 with the United States District Court for the Northen District of Texas
- June 15, 2016 ExxonMobil's Complaint for Declaratory Relief and Injunctive Relief
- June 15, 2016 Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiff ExxonMobil Corporation's Motion for Preliminary Injunction file size 2MB
- June 15, 2016 Plaintiff ExxonMobil Corporation's Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Proposed Order)
- June 15, 2016 Appendix in Support of Plaintiff Exxon Mobil Corporation’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction file size 4MB
- June 15, 2016 Notice of Related Case
- August 08, 2016 Opposition of AG Healey to Plaintiff ExxonMobil Corporation's Motion for Preliminary Injuction
- August 08, 2016 Memorandum of Law in Support of Defendant AG Healey's Motion to Dismiss
- August 08, 2016 Opposition Appendix of AG Healey to Plaintiff Exxon Mobil Corporation’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction file size 39MB
- August 08, 2016 Memorandum of Law for Amici Curiae States of MD, NY, IL, IA, ME, MN, MS, NM, OR, RI, VT, WA, D.C., and U.S. Virgin Islands in Support of Defendant's Motion to Dismiss and In Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for a Premilinary Injunction
Documents filed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Superior Court
- June 16, 2016 Petition of ExxonMobil Corporation to Set Aside or Modify the Civil Investigative Demand or Issue a Protective Order file size 1MB
- June 16, 2016 Emergency Motion of ExxonMobil Corporation to Set Aside or Modify the Civil Investigative Demand or Issue a Protective Order file size 1MB
- June 16, 2016 Memorandum of ExxonMobil Corporation in Support of Its Emergency Motion to Set Aside or Modify the Civil Investigative Demand or Issue a Protective Order
- June 16, 2016 Appendix in Support of Petition and Emergency Motion of ExxonMobil Corporation to Set Aside or Modify the Civil Investigative Demand or Issue a Protective Order file size 11MB
- June 16, 2016 Notice of Special Appearance on Behalf of Petitioner ExxonMobil Corporation
- June 22, 2016 Joint Motion for Enlargement of Time to Respond to Emergency Motion and Petition, with Proposed Briefing Schedule and REquest for Leave to File Replies
- August 08, 2016 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Answer to the Petition of ExxonMobil Corporation to Set Aside or Modify the Civil Investigative Demand or Issue a Protective Order
Correspondence with the House Science Space and Technology Committee
- May 18, 2016 Letter to AG Healey from Chairman Lamar Smith, House Science Space and Technology Committee file size 1MB
- June 2, 2016 Letter from Richard Johnston, Chief Legal Counsel, to Chairman Lamar Smith, House Science Space and Technology Committee file size 1MB
- June 17, 2016 Letter to AG Healey from Chairman Lamar Smith, House Science Space and Technology Committee file size 3MB
- June 24, 2016 Letter from Richard Johnston, Chief Legal Counsel, to Chairman Lamar Smith, House Science Space and Technology Committee
- July 6, 2016 Letter to AG Healey from Chairman Lamar Smith, House Science Space and Technology Committee
- July 13, 2016 Letter from Richard Johnston, Chief Legal Counsel, to Chairman Lamar Smith, House Science Space and Technology Committee file size 8MB
- July 13, 2016 Subpoena issued by Chairman Lamar Smith, House Science Space and Technology Committee, to Attorney General Maura Healey file size 2MB
- July 26, 2016 Letter from Richard Johnston, Chief Legal Counsel, to Chairman Lamar Smith, House Science Space and Technology Committee file size 4MB
- August 3, 2016 Letter from the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation to Chairman Lamar Smith, House Science Space and Technology Committee file size 1MB