In combined cases featuring California cities of San Francisco, Oakland and San Mateo and several California counties and public officials against Exxon Mobil Corporation, Texas’ Fort Worth Court of Appeal denied Exxon Mobil’s request for pre-suit discovery to evaluate potential claims for constitutional violations, abuse of process, and civil conspiracy. No personal jurisdiction Exxon Mobil alleged that California state court climate-change lawsuits are designed to suppress Exxon’s Texas-based speech and associational activities. The cities, counties,…