United States Ninth Circuit

Although California's ban on methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) is not expressly exempted from preemption by the Clean Air Act, the ban nonetheless is not preempted because it does not conflict with the goals and purposes of the Act.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/11/2003
• Decided 06/04/2003
• Published 06/04/2003

Judges

• Before CANBY, O'SCANNLAIN and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Frederick R. Anderson and Geraldine Edens, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Washington, DC, Rebecca Ceniceros and Gene Livingston, Livingston & Maattesich, Sacramento, CA, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Russell B. Hildreth, Office of the Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, Marc N. Melnick, Office of the Attorney General, Oakland, CA, for appellees.