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257 Cases found

Sierra Club v. City of Chico

Filing Date: 2023
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate. [ 02/01/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to a plan for a mixed-use development at a 1,448-acre site.
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Warren E&P, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles

Filing Date: 2023
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief and damages. [ 01/10/2023 ]
Description: Oil companies' challenge to Los Angeles ban on drilling.
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Environmental Democracy Project v. City of Oakland

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed. [ 10/21/2022 ]
Description: California Environmental Quality Act lawsuit challenge City of Oakland approvals of major indoor cannabis cultivation projects.
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Sierra Club v. City of Glendale

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate and complaint filed. [ 03/18/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the California Environmental Quality Act review for a project to repower a power plant with five new natural gas-fired engines.
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Marte v. City of New York

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: N.Y. Sup. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 10/21/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that development of three skyscrapers on Lower East Side of Manhattan violated the New York Constitution's Environmental Rights Amendment.
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Preserve Wild Santee v. City of Santee

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed. [ 10/14/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the City of Santee's approval of the Fanita Ranch residential and commercial development project after a court previously found that the City failed to adequately consider wildfire and public safety impacts.
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The Two Hundred for Homeownership v. California Air Resources Board

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint and petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 11/14/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging California's regulation requiring all new cars and light trucks sold in California to be zero-emission vehicles by 2035.
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Communities for a Better Environment v. City of Paramount

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed. [ 05/16/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the California Environmental Quality Act review for a biofuels project at an existing refinery site.
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People’s Collective for Environmental Justice v. County of San Bernardino

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed. [ 12/14/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to San Bernardino County’s approval of a plan for a major warehouse and distribution center.
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Battery Park City Neighborhood Association v. Battery Park City Authority

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: N.Y. Sup. Ct.
Status: Notice of voluntary discontinuance filed. [ 02/16/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to a climate resiliency project in lower Manhattan that would require demolition and rebuilding of an existing park.
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Communities for a Better Environment v. County of Contra Costa

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 06/07/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review in connection with repurposing of refinery in City of Martinez as a biofuel refinery.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. California Geologic Energy Management Division

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 12/01/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the approval of 17 oil and gas wells in Los Angeles and Kern Counties.
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West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project v. Port of Oakland

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed. [ 03/24/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the Port of Oakland’s approval of the Eagle Rock Aggregates Oakland Terminal Project and the environmental review of the project.
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Communities for a Better Environment v. County of Contra Costa

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 06/07/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review in connection with repurposing of refinery in City of Rodeo as a biofuel refinery.
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Zinderman v. City of Los Angeles

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate and for administrative mandamus filed. [ 02/25/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the City of Los Angeles's approvals of a project that included eldercare and daycare facilities.
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Los Angeles Waterkeeper v. County of Los Angeles

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 07/13/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review for Los Angeles River Master Plan Update.
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Renew 81 for All v. New York State Department of Transportation

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: N.Y. Sup. Ct.
Status: Preparation of supplemental EIS ordered and petition otherwise denied. [ 02/14/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to approvals for a highway modification project in Syracuse, New York.
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Climate Action Campaign v. City of San Diego

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 09/12/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the City of San Diego's 2022 Climate Action Plan for allegedly failing to include mechanisms to ensure that its objectives would be achieved.
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Make UC a Good Neighbor v. Regents of University of California

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Denial of petition for writ of mandate reversed. [ 02/24/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review for the University of California, Berkeley’s 2021 Long Range Development Plan and two housing projects.
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East Phillips Neighborhood Institute, Inc. v. City of Minneapolis

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: Minn. Ct. App.
Status: City's decision affirmed. [ 02/06/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to the City of Minneapolis' environmental review for the proposed expansion of a water maintenance facility.
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