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  • POET, LLC v. State Air Resources Board

    Publication Date: 2017-04-11
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-04-10
    Court: C.A. 5th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wanger Jones Helsley, Timothy Jones, John P. Kinsey, and Dylan J. Crosby for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Xavier Becerra, Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Robert W. Bryne, Assistant Attorney General, Gavin G. McCabe, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, M. Elaine Meckenstock, Melinda Piling and Myung J. Park, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents.
    Case Number: No. F073340

    State Air Resources Board's 2015 low carbon fuel standards regulations failed to comply with CEQA (Franson, J.)

  • Boston v. Kitsap County

    Publication Date: 2017-04-10
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-04-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Ronald B. Leighton, District Judge, Presiding Before: Richard C. Tallman and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges, and Morrison C. England, Jr.,* District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony Clarence Otto (argued), Law Office of Anthony C. Otto, Port Orchard, Washington, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Marc Rosenberg (argued), Lee Smart P.S. Inc., Seattle, Washington, for Defendants-Appellants.
    Case Number: No. 15-35296

    Filing of claim in accordance with state law did not toll statute of limitations on civil rights claim (England, J.)

  • California Chamber of Commerce v. State Air Resources Board

    Publication Date: 2017-04-07
    Practice Area: Environmental Law | Regulation
    Industry: Non–Profit
    Date Filed: 2017-04-06
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni, James R. Parrinello, Steven A. Merksamer, Kurt R. Oneto, Christopher E. Skinnell and Eric J. Miethke for Plaintiffs and Appellants California Chamber of Commerce and Larry Dicke.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Robert W. Byrne, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Gavin G. McCabe, Molly K. Mosley, Deputy Attorney General, David A. Zonana, Robert E. Asperger, M. Elaine Meckenstock, and Bryant B. Cannon, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents.
    Case Number: No. C075930 No. C075954

    State Air Resources Board's "cap-and-trade" auction program not unlawful tax (Duarte, J.)

  • Young v. City of Coronado

    Publication Date: 2017-04-05
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-04-04
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Schwartz Hyde & Sullivan and Kevin P. Sullivan for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: McDougal Love Eckis Boehmer & Foley, Steven E. Boehmer and Randall R. Sjoblom for Defendants and Respondents.
    Case Number: No. D070210

    City's findings legally sufficient to support designation of privately owned building as historic resource (Aaron, J.)

  • State of Arizona, ex rel. Darwin v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    Publication Date: 2017-04-04
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-04-03
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Marsha S. Berzon, Jay S. Bybee, and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carroll McGuffey III (argued) and Justin Wong, Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, Georgia; Paul L. Gale, Troutman Sanders LLP, Irvine, California; Peter S. Glaser, Troutman Sanders LLP, Washington, D.C.; James T. Skardon, Assistant Attorney General, Environmental Enforcement Section; Mark Brnovich, Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Phoenix, Arizona; for Petitioner State of Arizona.
    for defendant: Samara M. Spence (argued), Trial Attorney; John C. Cruden, Assistant Attorney General; Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Matthew C. Marks and M. Lea Anderson, EPA Office of General Counsel, Washington, D.C.; Charlotte Withey, EPA Office of Regional Counsel, Region IX, San Francisco, California; for Respondents.
    Case Number: No. 14-73368 No. 14-73384 No. 14-73386 No. 14-73394

    EPA's imposition of emission-control measures on Arizona cement kilns and copper smelters neither arbitrary nor capricious (Bybee, J.)

  • Banning Ranch Conservancy v. City of Newport Beach (Newport Banning Ranch LLC)

    Publication Date: 2017-03-30
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: State and Local Government | Non–Profit
    Date Filed: 2017-03-30
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leibold McClendon & Mann, John G. McClendon, Douglas M. Johnson and David H. Mann for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Aaron Harp, City Attorney, Leonie Mulvihill, Assistant City Attorney; Remy Moose Manley, Whitman F. Manley and Jennifer S. Holman for Defendants and Appellants.
    Case Number:

    Consideration of environmentally sensitive coastal habitat areas may not be deferred until after project approval (Corrigan, J.)

  • Avila v. Spokane School District 81

    Publication Date: 2017-03-30
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-03-30
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Edward F. Shea, District Judge, Presiding Before: M. Margaret McKeown, Richard C. Tallman, and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Silver (argued) and Jeffrey A. Zachman, Denton US LLP, Atlanta, Georgia; Richard D. Salgado, Dentons US LLP, Dallas, Texas; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Gregory Lee Stevens (argued), Stevens Clay P.S., Spokane, Washington, for Defendant-Appellee.
    Case Number: No. 14-35965

    Discovery rule and not occurrence rule determines timeliness of claims under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (Christen, J.)

  • Schoshinski v. City of Los Angeles

    Publication Date: 2017-03-15
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-03-14
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marlin & Saltzman, Stanley D. Saltzman, Stephen P. O'Dell; The Hamideh Firm and Bassil A. Hamideh for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Michael N. Feuer, City Attorney, Thomas Peters, Chief Assistant City Attorney, A. Patricia Ursea, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. B269431

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 2424 TERENCE SCHOSHINSKI et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CITY

  • Park v. Thompson

    Publication Date: 2017-03-14
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-03-14
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: S. James Otero, District Judge, Presiding Before: Stephen Reinhardt, Ferdinand F. Fernandez, and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Becky S. James (argued) and Jessica W. Rosen, James & Stewart LLP, Pacific Palisades, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony P. Serritella (argued), Deputy City Attorney; Marsha Jones Moutrie, City Attorney; Jeanette Schachtner, Chief Deputy City Attorney; Santa Monica City Attorney's Office, Santa Monica, California, for Defendant-Appellee.
    Case Number: No. 14-56655

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 2346 KELLY SOO PARK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KAREN THO

  • Gateway Community Charters v. Spiess

    Publication Date: 2017-03-09
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Litigation | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government | Education
    Date Filed: 2017-03-08
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Young, Minney & Corr, Paul C. Minney, James E. Young, William J. Trinkle and Rachel B. Tillman for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Outten & Golden, Jennifer S. Schwartz and Menaka N. Fernando for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. C078677

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 2225 GATEWAY COMMUNITY CHARTERS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. HEIDI S