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  • Communities For a Better Environment v. South Coast Air Quality Management District (ConocoPhillips Company)

    Publication Date: 2010-03-15
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    Date Filed: 2010-03-15
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adrienne L. Bloch, Shana Lazerow; Lozeau|Drury and Richard T. Drury for Plaintiff and Appellant Communities for a Better Environment. Richard M. Frank; Adams Broadwell Joseph & Cardozo, Marc D. Joseph and Richard T. Drury for Plaintiffs and Appellants Carlos Valdez et al. Bill Lockyer and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorneys General, Tom Green and Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Theodora P. Berger and Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorneys General, Sally Magnani Knox, Lisa Trankley and Susan L. Durbin, Deputy Attorneys General for State of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants. Luke Cole for Association of Irritated Residents, California Communities Against Toxics, California Environmental Rights Alliance, California Safe Schools, Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment, Coalition for a Safe Environment, Community Water Center, Tricounty Watchdogs and Youth United for Community Action as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants. Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic and Sean B. Hecht for Sierra Club, Endangered Habitats League, National Resources Defense Council and Planning and Conservation League as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Daniel V. Hyde, Paul J. Beck and Azusa K. Tokudome for California Association of Sanitation Agencies as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants. Kurt R. Wiese, Barbara Baird; Woodruff, Spradlin & Smart, Bradley R. Hogin, Edward L. Bertrand and Ricia R. Hager for Defendants and Respondents. Latham & Watkins, Robert A. Wyman, Jr., and Emily Taylor for Regulatory Flexibility Group as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents. Weston Benshoof Rochefort Rubalcava & MacCuish, Alston & Bird, Ward L. Benshoof, Jocelyn D. Thompson; Cox Castle & Nicholson and Michael H. Zishke for Real Party in Interest and Respondent. Diepenbrock Harrison, Mark D. Harrison and Dan M. Silverboard for California Construction and Industrial Materials Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest and Respondent. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and Michael M. Berger for Western Independent Refiners Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents and Real Party in Interest and Respondent. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Kevin M. Fong and David R. Farabee for Western States Petroleum Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents and Real Party in Interest and Respondent. Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, P. Addison Covert, Robin Leslie Stewart and Stacy L. Asato Toledo for California School Boards Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents and Real Party in Interest and Respondent. Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck and Lisabeth D. Rothman for California Building Industry Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents and Real Party in Interest and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. S161190

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 3204COMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT, Plaintiff and Appellant, v.SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAG

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