Makah Indian Tribe v. Exxon Mobil Corporation et al, No. 2:2024cv00157 - Document 60 (W.D. Wash. 2024)
Court Description: ORDER granting Parties' 59 Stipulated MOTION REGARDING CONSOLIDATED BRIEFING ON MOTION FOR REMAND. Briefing on the Plaintiffs' Motion to Remand in this action and in Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe v. Exxon Mobil Corporation et. al., 2:24-CV-0158-JNW, shall be consolidated with the Plaintiffs filing a single motion and brief, the Defendants filing a single opposition brief, and the Plaintiffs filing a single reply brief. Signed by Judge Jamal N Whitehead. (KRA)
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Makah Indian Tribe v. Exxon Mobil Corporation et al Doc. 60 THE HONORABLE JAMAL N. WHITEHEAD 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 MAKAH INDIAN TRIBE, No. 2:24-cv-00157-JNW Plaintiff, 10 v. 11 12 13 14 15 16 EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, EXXONMOBIL OIL CORPORATION, BP P.L.C., BP AMERICA INC., CHEVRON CORPORATION, CHEVRON USA, INC., SHELL PLC, SHELL OIL COMPANY, CONOCOPHILLIPS, CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY, PHILLIPS 66, and PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY, STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER REGARDING CONSOLIDATED BRIEFING ON MOTION FOR REMAND Noted for March 15, 2024 Defendants. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 STIPULATED MOTION SHER EDLING LLP 100 MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 1410 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104 TELEPHONE: (628) 231-2500 Dockets.Justia.com 1 2 3 4 RECITALS Plaintiff, the Makah Indian Tribe (“Plaintiff”), and Defendants B.P. p.l.c., BP America Inc., Chevron Corporation, Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp., ExxonMobil Oil Corporation, Shell plc, Shell USA, Inc. (f/k/a Shell Oil Company), ConocoPhillips, 5 6 7 ConocoPhillips Company, Phillips 66, and Phillips 66 Company (collectively, “Defendants”) (Plaintiff and Defendants are collectively referred to herein as “the Parties”), hereby stipulate 8 and agree to the following motion to consolidate briefing with respect to the Plaintiffs’ motion 9 to remand in this matter and in the matter of Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe v. Exxon Mobil 10 11 Corporation et. al., 2:24-CV-0158-JNW. WHEREAS, on December 20, 2023, Plaintiff filed a complaint against the Defendants 12 in the Superior Court of the State of Washington in and for the County of King, No. 23-2-2521613 14 1-SEA, and the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe separately filed a substantially similar complaint 15 against the Defendants in the Superior Court of the State of Washington in and for the County 16 of King, No. 23-2-25215-2 SEA (the “SBIT action”). 17 WHEREAS, on February 6, 2024, Defendants Chevron Corporation and Chevron 18 U.S.A. Inc., with the consent of all properly named and served Defendants, removed this action 19 and the SBIT action from the Superior Court to this Court; 20 WHEREAS, Defendants’ removal notices in this action and the SBIT action are 21 22 substantially similar with the sole exception that, in this action, the Defendants raise a treaty 23 rights argument for removal and do not make a similar argument in their removal notice in the 24 SBIT case; 25 26 STIPULATED MOTION 1 SHER EDLING LLP 100 MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 1410 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104 TELEPHONE: (628) 231-2500 1 WHEREAS, Plaintiff and the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) 2 each intend to file a Motion to Remand in this action and in the SBIT action, which Defendants 3 intend to oppose; 4 WHEREAS, the Plaintiffs and Defendants agree that it would be most efficient for all 5 6 7 briefing on the Motion to Remand to be consolidated, with Plaintiffs filing a single motion and brief, Defendants filing a single opposition brief, and the Plaintiffs filing a single reply brief; 8 WHEREAS, the Plaintiffs and Defendants further agree that to accommodate such 9 consolidated briefing in the two cases, the word limitations should be extended to provide for up 10 11 to 10,000 words for the Plaintiffs’ motion and brief and the Defendants’ brief in opposition and up to 5,000 words for the Plaintiffs’ reply brief; 12 13 14 WHEREAS, this Stipulated Motion does not operate as an admission of any factual allegation or legal conclusion and is submitted subject to and without waiver of any right, 15 defense, affirmative defense, claim, or objection, including lack of subject matter jurisdiction, 16 or lack of personal jurisdiction, insufficient process, or insufficient service of process; 17 18 STIPULATED MOTION NOW THEREFORE, the Parties hereby agree and stipulate, and respectfully move the 19 Court to enter an order, as follows: 20 21 1. Briefing on the Plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand in this action and in Shoalwater 22 Bay Indian Tribe v. Exxon Mobil Corporation et. al., 2:24-CV-0158-JNW, shall be consolidated 23 with the Plaintiffs filing a single motion and brief, the Defendants filing a single opposition brief, 24 and the Plaintiffs filing a single reply brief. 25 26 STIPULATED MOTION 2 SHER EDLING LLP 100 MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 1410 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104 TELEPHONE: (628) 231-2500 1 2 3 2. The Plaintiffs’ motion and brief and the Defendants’ opposition brief shall not exceed 10,000 words. The Plaintiffs’ reply brief shall not exceed 5,000 words. Counsel certifies that this memorandum contains 520 words, in compliance with the 4 Local Civil Rules. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Dated: March 15, 2024 SHER EDLING LLP ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP By: /s/ Katie Jones Katie Jones (pro hac vice) Corrie J. Yackulic, WSBA No. 16063 Victor M. Sher (pro hac vice) Matthew K. Edling (pro hac vice) 100 Montgomery St., Ste. 1410 San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel: (628) 231-2500 Fax: (628) 231-2929 Email: katie@sheredling.com corrie@sheredling.com vic@sheredling.com matt@sheredling.com By: s/ Robert M. McKenna Robert M. McKenna (WSBA No. 18327) rmckenna@orrick.com Mark S. Parris (WSBA No. 13870) mparris@orrick.com Andrew Cook (WSBA No. 34004) andrew.cook@orrick.com 401 Union Street, Suite 3100 Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: 206.839.4300 Facsimile: 206.839.4301 15 16 17 18 19 20 DRUMMOND WOODSUM & MACMAHON GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP Kaighn Smith Jr. (pro hac vice) 84 Marginal Way, Ste. 600 Portland, ME 04101 Tel: (207) 253-0559 Email: ksmith@dwmlaw.com Attorneys for Plaintiff Makah Indian Tribe 21 22 Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. (pro hac vice) tboutrous@gibsondunn.com Andrea Neuman (pro hac vice) aneumann@gibsondunn.com William E. Thomson (pro hac vice) wthomson@gibsondunn.com Joshua D. Dick (pro hac vice) jdick@gibsondunn.com 333 South Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90071 Tel: (213) 229-7000 Fax: (213) 229-7520 23 Attorneys for Defendants Chevron Corporation and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. 24 25 26 STIPULATED MOTION 3 SHER EDLING LLP 100 MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 1410 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104 TELEPHONE: (628) 231-2500 1 BRYNES KELLER CROMWELL LLP STOEL RIVES LLP 2 By: s/ Bradley S. Keller Bradley S. Keller, WSBA #10665 By: s/ Josha B. Selig Joshua B. Selig, WSBA No. 39628 1000 Second Avenue, 38th Floor Seattle, WA 98104 Tel: (206) 622-2000 Fax: (206) 622-2522 Email: bkeller@byrneskeller.com jselig@byrneskeller.com By: s/ Vanessa Soriano Power Vanessa Soriano Power, WSBA No. 30777 vanessa.power@stoel.com Rachel H. Cox, WSBA No. 45020 rachel.cox@stoel.com STOEL RIVES LLP 600 University Street, Suite 3600 Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: (206) 624-0900 PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP Theodore V. Wells, Jr. (pro hac vice) Daniel J. Toal (pro hac vice) Yahonnes Cleary (pro hac vice) Caitlin E. Grusauskas (pro hac vice) 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019-6064 Tel.: (212) 373-3000 Fax: (212) 757-3990 Email: twells@paulweiss.com Email: dtoal@paulweiss.com Email: ycleary@paulweiss.com Email: cgrusauskas@paulweiss.com Nancy G. Milburn (pro hac vice) Diana E. Reiter (pro hac vice) 250 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019-9710 Tel.: (212) 836-8383 Fax: (212) 715-1399 Email: nancy.milburn@arnoldporter.com Email: diana.reiter@arnoldporter.com 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 John D. Lombardo (pro hac vice) 777 South Figueroa Street, 44th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017-5844 Tel.: (213) 243-4000 Fax: (213) 243-4199 Email: john.lombardo@arnoldporter.com 15 16 Attorneys for Defendants EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION and EXXONMOBIL OIL CORPORATION Jonathan W. Hughes (pro hac vice) Three Embarcadero Center, 10th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111-4024 Tel.: (415) 471-3100 Fax: (415) 471-3400 Email: jonathan.hughes@arnoldporter.com 17 18 19 20 Attorneys for Defendant BP America Inc. 21 22 23 24 25 26 STIPULATED MOTION 4 SHER EDLING LLP 100 MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 1410 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104 TELEPHONE: (628) 231-2500 1 CORR CRONIN LLP SUMMIT LAW GROUP, PLLC 2 By: s/ Timothy A. Bradshaw Timothy A. Bradshaw, WSBA No. 17983 Jeff Bone, WSBA No. 43965 Victoria E. Ainsworth, WSBA No. 49677 1015 Second Avenue, Floor 10 Seattle, WA 98104-1001 (206) 625-8600 Phone (206) 625-0900 Fax tbradshaw@corrcronin.com jbone@corrcronin.com tainsworth@corrcronin.com By: s/ Alexander A. Baehr Alexander A. Baehr, WSBA No. 25320 alexb@summitlaw.com By: s/ Molly J. Gibbons Molly J. Gibbons WSBA #58357 mollyg@summitlaw.com 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP Hallie B. Levin (pro hac vice forthcoming) 7 World Trade Center 250 Greenwich Street New York, NY 10007 Telephone: (212) 295-6710 Facsimile: (212) 230-8888 Email: hallie.levin@wilmerhale.com Attorneys for Defendants Phillips 66 and Phillips 66 Company K&L GATES LLP By: s/ Kari L. Vander Stoep Kari L. Vander Stoep, WSBA # 35923 925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2900 Seattle, Washington 98104-1158 Tel: +1 206 623 7580 Fax: +1 206 623 7022 Email: kari.vanderstoep@klgates.com 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Matthew T. Martens (pro hac vice forthcoming) 2100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20037 Telephone: (202) 663-6921 Facsimile: (202) 663-6363 Email: matthew.martens@wilmerhale.com KELLOGG, HANSEN, TODD, FIGEL & FREDERICK, P.L.L.C. Robert Kingsley Smith (pro hac vice forthcoming) 60 State Street Boston, MA 02109 Telephone: (617) 526-6759 Facsimile: (617) 526-5000 Email: robert.smith@wilmerhale.com Attorneys for Defendants Conocophillips and Conocophillips Company 24 25 26 STIPULATED MOTION LATHAM & WATKINS LLP Nicole C. Valco (pro hac vice pending) nicole.valco@lw.com Katherine A. Rouse (pro hac vice pending) kathrine.rouse@lw.com 505 Montgomery St., Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94111-6538 Telephone: (415) 391-0600 5 David C. Frederick (pro hac vice forthcoming) James M. Webster, III (pro hac vice forthcoming) Daniel S. Severson (pro hac vice forthcoming) Daren G. Zhang (pro hac vice forthcoming) 1615 M Street, N.W., Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20036 Telephone: (202) 326-7900 Facsimile: (202) 326-7999 Email: dfrederick@kellogghansen.com Email: jwebster@kellogghansen.com Email: dseverson@kellogghansen.com Email: dzhang@kellogghansen.com Attorneys for Shell plc and Shell USA, Inc. (f/k/a Shell Oil Company) SHER EDLING LLP 100 MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 1410 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104 TELEPHONE: (628) 231-2500 1 ORDER 2 3 4 5 For the reasons above, and finding good cause, the Court hereby grants the Parties’ stipulated motion. It is so ordered. Dated this 19th day of March, 2024. 6 7 8 A 9 Jamal N. Whitehead United States District Judge 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 STIPULATED MOTION 6 SHER EDLING LLP 100 MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 1410 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104 TELEPHONE: (628) 231-2500
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