Professor of Environmental Practice The Role of Courts and Litigation in Fashioning California’s Environmental Policy Richard M. Frank Professor of Environmental Practice UC Davis School of Law UC Center Sacramento March 6, 2014
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
Friends of Mammoth v. Board of Supervisors (1972) 8 Cal.3d 247
Laurel Heights Improvement Ass’n v Laurel Heights Improvement Ass’n v. University of California (1988) 47 Cal.3d 376
Communities for a Better Env’t v. South Coast Air Mgmt. Dist Communities for a Better Env’t v. South Coast Air Mgmt. Dist. (2010) 48 Cal.4th 310
Neighbors for Smart Rail v. Exposition Metro Line Construction Auth Neighbors for Smart Rail v. Exposition Metro Line Construction Auth. (2013) 57 Cal.4th 439
Public Trust Doctrine
Marks v. Whitney (1971) 6 Cal.3d 251
National Audubon Society v. Superior Court (1983) 33 Cal.3d 419
National Audubon Society v. Superior Court (1983) 33 Cal.3d 419
State of California v. Superior Court (Lyon) (1981) 29 Cal.3d 210
Climate Change
Massachusetts v. EPA (2007) 549 U.S. 497
American Electric Power v. Connecticut (2011) 131 S.Ct. 2527
Rocky Mountain Farmers Union v. Corey (9th Cir. 2013) 730 F.3d 1070
California Chamber of Commerce v. CARB (Sacramento Sup. Ct. Dec California Chamber of Commerce v. CARB (Sacramento Sup. Ct. Dec. 20, 2013) No. 34-2013-80001464
California Building Industry Association v California Building Industry Association v. Bay Area Air Quality Management District (2013) 218 Cal.App.4th 1171
California Coastal Act
Gualala Festival Committee v. Cal. Coastal Commission (2010) 183 Cal Gualala Festival Committee v. Cal. Coastal Commission (2010) 183 Cal.App.4th 60
Proposition 65 (Safe Drinking Water & Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986)
People ex rel. Lungren v. Superior Court (1996) 14 Cal. 4th 294
Consumer Defense Group v. Shell Oil 2006 WL 2513000 (Cal. Ct. App Consumer Defense Group v. Shell Oil 2006 WL 2513000 (Cal. Ct. App.4th Aug. 31, 2006)
Property Rights/ Takings Clause Challenges
Nollan v. California Coastal Commission (1987) 483 U.S. 825
First English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Glendale v First English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Glendale v. County of Los Angeles (1987) 482 U.S. 304
Kelo v. City of New London (2005) 545 U.S. 469
People ex rel. Younger v. Cnty. of El Dorado (1971) 5 Cal. 3d 480
People of State of Cal. , ex rel. Van de Kamp v. TRPA (9th Cir People of State of Cal., ex rel. Van de Kamp v. TRPA (9th Cir. 1985) 766 F.2d 1308
Tahoe Sierra Preservation Council v. TRPA (2002) 535 U. S. 302
Question & Answer Period
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