California Court of Appeal

Denial of a writ of mandate challenging a rule adopted by defendant, an air quality management district, requiring the oil refineries in its jurisdiction to reduce certain emissions is affirmed where: 1) substantial evidence supported defendant's findings of feasibility and cost effectiveness, and 2) defendant complied with the applicable California Environmental Quality Act requirements, and 3) substantial evidence supported the trial court's findings regarding the record.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/15/2006
• Published 02/16/2006

Judges

• JOHNSON, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Gregory R. McClintock, Steven O. Kramer, Donald M. Falk, Palo Alto, and Christopher P. Murphy, Los Angeles,for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Shute Mihaly & Weinberger, Fran M. Layton, Matthew D. Zinn, San Francisco;  Kurt R. Wiese, Barbara B. Baird and William B. Wong for Defendants and Respondents.