• Alaska Community Action on Toxics v. Aurora Energy Services, LLC

    Publication Date: 2014-09-03
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    Date Filed: 2014-09-03
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Timothy M. Burgess, District Judge, Presiding Before: Jerome Farris, Dorothy W. Nelson, and Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Litmans (argued), Trustees for Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska; Aaron Isherwood and Peter M. Morgan, Sierra Club Environmental Law Program, San Francisco, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: John C. Martin (argued), Susan M. Mathiascheck, and Joshua Kaplowitz, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Appellee Aurora Energy Services, LLC.

    Case Number: No. 13-35709

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 10369 ALASKA COMMUNITY ACTION ON TOXICS; ALASKA CHAPTER OF THE SIERRA CLUB, Plaintiffs-Appellants,

  • Citizens for the Restoration of L Street v. City of Fresno (FFDA Properties, LLC)

    Publication Date: 2014-09-02
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    Date Filed: 2014-08-29
    Court: C.A. 5th
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandt-Hawley Law Group and Susan Brandt-Hawley for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Stoel Rives, Timothy M. Taylor, Carissa M. Beecham; Douglas T. Sloan and Francine M. Kanne for Defendants, Real Parties in Interest and Appellants.

    Case Number: No. F066498

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 10339 CITIZENS FOR THE RESTORATION OF L STREET, Plaintiffs and Appellan

  • Asarco, LLC v. Union Pacific Railroad Company

    Publication Date: 2014-08-27
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    Date Filed: 2014-08-27
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Edward J. Lodge, District Judge, Presiding Before: A. Wallace Tashima and Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judges, and Cormac J. Carney, District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Evans (argued) and Laura G. Brys, Integer Law Corporation, Los Angeles, California; Linda R. Larson, Russell C. Prugh, and Meline G. MacCurdy, Marten Law PLLC, Seattle, Washington, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Carolyn McIntosh (argued) and Maxine Martin, Patton Boggs LLP, Denver, Colorado; Ausey H. Robnett III, Paine Hamblen LLP, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; Gail L. Wurtzler, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, Denver, Colorado, for Defendants-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 13-35356

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 10108 ASARCO, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD C

  • Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice v. BNSF Railway Company

    Publication Date: 2014-08-20
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    Date Filed: 2014-08-20
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: S. James Otero, District Judge, Presiding Before: Ferdinand F. Fernandez, N. Randy Smith, and Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Pettit (argued), Melissa Lin Perella, and Morgan Wyenn, Natural Resources Defense Council, Santa Monica, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Mark B. Helm (argued), Henry Weissmann, and Leo Goldbard, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California; Patrick J. Cafferty, Jr., Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, San Francisco, California; Kevin M. Fong, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Francisco, California; Mark E. Elliott, Michael R. Barr, Margaret Rosegay, and Amy E. Gaylord, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 12-56086

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 9671 CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; EAST YARD COMMUNITIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; NATURAL RESOURCES DEF

  • San Francisco Tomorrow v. City and County of San Francisco (Parkmerced Investors Properties, LLC.)

    Publication Date: 2014-08-15
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    Date Filed: 2014-08-14
    Court: C.A. 1st
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Appellants: Law Offices of Stuart M. Flashman, Stuart M. Flashman
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendants and Respondents: San Francisco City Attorney, City Attorney Dennis J. Herrera, Kate H. Stacy, Audrey Williams Pearson, Brian F. Crossman

    Case Number: No. A137753

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S 9407 SAN FRANCISCO TOMORROW et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants

  • Sierra Club v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    Publication Date: 2014-08-12
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    Date Filed: 2014-08-12
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: N. Randy Smith and Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judges, and Gordon J. Quist, Senior District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul R. Cort (argued) and George Torgun, Earthjustice, Oakland, California, for Petitioners Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, and Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice.
    for defendant: Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General, and Stephanie J. Talbert (argued), United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C.; Brian Doster, David Coursen, Melina Williams, and Julia Walters, United States Environmental Protection Agency, for Respondents.

    Case Number: No. 11-73342 No. 11-73356

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 9113 SIERRA CLUB; CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; GREENACTION FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, Petitioners,p class=

  • Tuolumne Jobs & Small Business Alliance v. Superior Court (Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.)

    Publication Date: 2014-08-07
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    Date Filed: 2014-08-07
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herum Crabtree, Brett S. Jolley; Dongell Lawrence Finney and John A. Lawrence for Petitioner.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent. Trevor A. Grimm, Jonathan M. Coupal and Timothy A. Bittle for Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent and Real Parties in Interest.

    Case Number: No. S207173

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 8977 TUOLUMNE JOBS & SMALL BUSINESS ALLIANCE, Petitioner, v. THE

  • State of Arizona v. Raytheon Company

    Publication Date: 2014-08-01
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    Date Filed: 2014-08-01
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Cindy K. Jorgenson, District Judge, Presiding Before: Consuelo M. Callahan and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges, and Edward R. Korman, Senior District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Cantrell (argued), Tom Horne, Tamara Huddleston, and Anthony Young, Office of the Arizona Attorney General, Phoenix, Arizona, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
    for defendant: Jennifer B. Anderson (argued), Kevin D. Neal, Lori L. Voepel, and Erin E. Richardson, Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, PLC., Phoenix, Arizona; Harlan C. Agnew, Pima County Attorney's Office, Tucson, Arizona; Cynthia T. Kuhn, Kuhn Young Law Firm, PLLC, Tucson, Arizona; Charles A. Bischoff, Jorden Bischoff & Hiser, PLC, Scottsdale, Arizona; James J. Dragna and Denise G. Fellers, Bingham & McCutchen, Los Angeles, California; James Francis Murphy, Adler Murphy & McQuillen LLP, Chicago, Illinois; and Robert M. Jackson, Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn, Detroit, Michigan, for Intervenor–Defendants–Appellants.

    Case Number: No. 12-15691

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 8708 STATE OF ARIZONA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF TUC

  • Citizens Opposing a Dangerous Environment v. County of Kern (North Sky River Energy, LLC)

    Publication Date: 2014-07-28
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    Date Filed: 2014-06-30
    Court: C.A. 5th
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leibold McClendon & Mann and John G. McClendon for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Theresa A. Goldner, County Counsel, and Charles F. Collins, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number: No. F067567

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 8512 CITIZENS OPPOSING A DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT, Plaintiff and Appellant, v.p class

  • Wildearth Guardians v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    Publication Date: 2014-07-17
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    Date Filed: 2014-07-17
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: M. Margaret McKeown and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges, and James L. Robart, District Judge.**
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah K. McMillan (argued), WildEarth Guardians, Missoula, Montana; James J. Tutchton, WildEarth Guardians, Centennial, Colorado; Melissa A. Hailey, W. Randolph Barnhart, P.C., Denver, Colorado, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: David A. Carson (argued), United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Denver, Colorado, for Respondents.

    Case Number: No. 12-71523

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 8032 WILDEARTH GUARDIANS, Petitioner, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTI