Supreme Court of California
Morning Star Co. v. State Bd. of Equalization, S123481
Summary judgment for defendant agencies in a case involving hazardous material fees imposed on corporations is reversed where: 1) the agencies' actions amounted to a regulation under the APA; and 2) the agencies' interpretation of statutory language was reasonable, but not the only legally tenable interpretation of a provision of law.
Appellate Information
- Decided 04/24/2006
- Published 04/24/2006
Judges
- MORENO, J.
Court
- Supreme Court of California
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Erik S. Jaffe; Richard Todd Luoma, Sacramento; and Brian C. Leighton, Clovis, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Taylor Carey, Acting Chief Assistant Attorney General, Timothy G. Laddish and David S. Chaney, Assistant Attorneys General, Lawrence K. Keethe, Amy J. Winn and Molly K. Mosley, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents.