Supreme Court of California

In an suit involving athletic shoes made from kangaroo leather, summary judgment for defendant Adidas is reversed, as Penal Code section 653o, which prohibits the importation into or sale within California of products made from kangaroo, poses no obstacle to any current federal policy and is not prempted by the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. section 1531 et seq.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/23/2007
• Published 07/23/2007

Judges

• WERDEGAR, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eisenberg, Raisman, Thurston & Wong, Orly Degani, Los Angeles;  and David Blatte, for Plaintiffs and Appellants., Jonathan R. Lovvorn and Rebecca G. Judd, for The Humane Society of the United States as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants., Morgenstein & Jubelirer and Bruce A. Wagman, San Francisco, for Animal Defense Fund as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Thomas Greene, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary E. Hackenbracht, Assistant Attorney General, Clifford T. Lee and Tara L. Mueller, Deputy Attorneys General, for California Department of Fish and Game as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants., McKenna Long & Aldridge, Ann G. Grimaldi, San Francisco, and Eric S.C. Lindstrom, for The Government of the Commonwealth of Australia as Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Davis Wright Tremaine, Martin L. Fineman and Sam N. Dawood, San Francisco, for Defendants and Respondents.