ExxonMobil Aims to Fight Plastic Pollution Suit in Federal Court

ExxonMobil Corp. is attempting to move California’s plastics lawsuit to federal court, saying the case involves navigable waters and actions taken under the federal government’s direction.

California’s recent lawsuit, which accused the company of worsening a global plastics pollution crisis, should land in the US District Court for the Northern District of California because that venue has the authority to handle cases about acts on navigable waters, ExxonMobil wrote in a Nov. 1 removal notice.

Rob Bonta, the state’s Democratic attorney general, said ExxonMobil harmed California’s coasts and waterways by ...