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Clean Energy Fuels Corp. v. CA PUC

Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
Petitions for writ of review to challenge the California Public Utilities Commission's (PUC) decisions approving Southern California Gas Company's...

Asarco LLC v. Goodwin

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit brought pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) seeking...

Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
Dismissal of an action challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) promulgation of greenhouse-gas emission standards for new motor...

Citizens for a Green San Mateo v. San Mateo Community College District

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Judgment granting plaintiff's petition for a writ of mandate challenging the defendants' approval of a mitigated negative declaration for the College...

Roberson v. City of Rialto

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The trial court properly denied plaintiff's petition for a writ of mandate challenging defendant-city's adoption of several project approvals,...

Light v. State Water Resources Control Board

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Water Law
The trial court erred in granting a writ of mandate invalidating defendant-board's adoption of a regulation that is likely to require a reduction in...

KeySpan Gas East Coporation v. Munich Reinsurance America, Inc.

Contracts, Environmental Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an insurance coverage dispute, in which plaintiff seeks a declaration that defendant-insurers have a duty to defend and indemnify plaintiff for...

CTS Corp. v. Waldburger

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action in which plaintiffs brought suit against defendant alleging damages from stored contaminants on land that defendant had sold twenty-four...

SF Beautiful v. City and County of San Franicsco

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
A petition for a writ of mandate challenging defendant-city's approval of AT&T's proposal to install 726 metal utility boxes housing...

SPRAWLDEF v. S.F. Bay Conservation and Development Commission

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
In an action challenging defendants' approval of permits to allow a third party to expand the Potrero Hills Landfill, judgment in favor of plaintiff...