United States Ninth Circuit
Romoland Sch. Dist. v. Inland Empire Energy Ctr., LLC, 06-56632
In a suit against an electric utility and an air-quality-management district under the Clean Air Act, seeking to halt the construction of a power plant, denial of a preliminary injunction and dismissal with prejudice of all claims are affirmed where: 1) plaintiffs' voluntary dismissal of some claims presented the appellate court with a final order over which it had jurisdiction; and 2) the district court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over plaintiffs' claims.
Appellate Information
- Argued 03/03/2008
- Decided 11/18/2008
- Published 11/18/2008
Judges
- Before: J. CLIFFORD WALLACE, RONALD M. GOULD, and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Marc D. Joseph and Suma Peesapati, Adams Broadwell Joseph & Cardozo, South San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Robert A. Wyman, Michael G. Romey, and Ernest J. Hahn, Latham & Watkins, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellee Inland Empire Energy Center., Bradley R. Hogin, Woodruff Spradlin & Smart, Orange, CA, for defendants-appellees South Coast Air Quality Management District and Barry R. Wallerstein.