California Court of Appeal

Denial of petition for writ of mandate challenging defendant's decision declaring plaintiff ineligible for a state-sanctioned fund for reimbursement of cleanup costs related to leaks from underground storage tanks is reversed where defendant board should have considered whether plaintiff was entitled to a waiver of the requirement for a permit.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/20/2007
• Published 07/20/2007

Judges

• MARCHIANO, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Silicon Valley Law Group, Jeffrey S. Lawson, San Jose, for Plaintiff and Appellant., Peter J. Niemiec;  Downey Brand, Steven H. Goldberg, Nicole E. Granquist, Sacramento, for Southeast Towing and Salvage, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant., Hinson & Gravelle, Douglas A. Gravelle, for Hinson & Gravelle as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorneys General, Mary E. Hackenbracht, Senior Assistant Attorney General, John Davidson, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Michael W. Neville, Deputy Attorney General, for Defendant and Respondent.