California Court of Appeal

Regional water quality control board's pre-hearing issuance of a cleanup and abatement order for alleged discharges of manure and wastewater into water supply does not deprive alleged polluter of due process where alleged polluter may seek a post-order hearing.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/12/2001
• Published 07/12/2001

Judges

•  HULL, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Curtis & Arata, Edgar H. Hayden, Jr., Modesto, and Matthew R. Berrien for Plaintiffs and Appellants Manuel Borges, Jeanette Borges, Frank V. Borba and Manjean Holsteins., Damrell, Nelson, Schrimp, Pallios & Ladine, Fred A. Silva, Modesto, and Lisa W. Chao, Long Beach, for Plaintiffs and Appellants Robert Machado, David Machado, Frank Machado, Mabel Machado and Machado & Machado Dairy.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Richard M. Frank, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary E. Hackenbracht, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tracy L. Winsor, Deputy Attorney General, for Defendants and Respondents.