257 Cases found

Johnson v. City of Lynwood

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Judgment denying petition and declaratory relief affirmed. [ 02/22/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to the City of Lynwood’s approval of a high-density, mixed use project on a vacant 3.6-acre lot, including for failure to adequately consider the project's impacts on greenhouse gas emissions.

We Advocate Through Environmental Review v. County of Siskiyou

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Trial court judgment reversed and trial court instructed to enter a new judgment granting the petition for writ of mandate and specifying actions the County must take to comply with CEQA. [ 04/20/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the California Environmental Quality Act review for a facility that extracted groundwater to produce bottle water.

Sierra Club v. County of San Diego

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Trial court judgment for plaintiff affirmed. [ 12/21/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to San Diego County's approval of residential developments, allegedly without complying with requirements for enforceable measures to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.

Sierra Club v. City of Fontana

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 06/22/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to City of Fontana's approval of the Southwest Fontana Logistics Project, which involves development of two industrial warehouse buildings totaling approximately 1.6 million square feet on 73.3 acres.

Smart Growth Minneapolis v. City of Minneapolis

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Minn.
Status: Court of Appeals decision reversed and district court ordered to reinstate complaint. [ 02/10/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit asserting that the City of Minneapolis’s adoption of a municipal comprehensive plan violated the Minnesota Environmental Rights Act.

TruOjai, LLC v. County of Ventura

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Writ of mandate denied. [ 06/23/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to Ventura County ordinance that banned short-term rentals in Ojai Valley.

Friends of the River v. Delta Stewardship Council

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed. [ 05/25/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to amendments to the Delta Plan for long-term management of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Center for Biological Diversity v. County of Riverside

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Notice of appeal filed by Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, and San Bernadino Valley Audubon Society. [ 05/11/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental impact report for master-planned community in Riverside County, including for failure to consider how climate change would exacerbate the project's impacts.

Elfin Forest Harmony Grove Town Council v. County of San Diego

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Final judgment of trial court affirmed in part and reversed in part and trial court directed to issue a new writ of mandate and judgment. [ 10/14/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the environmental review for a mixed-use development in San Diego County.

Friends of the Santa Clara River v. County of Los Angeles

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Judgment for respondents-defendants affirmed. [ 04/03/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to Los Angeles County's determination that mitigation measures adopted by Newhall Ranch developer had reduced the greenhouse gas impacts of two "villages" within the project to less than significance.

Living Rivers Council v. County of Napa

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Reversing denial of Center for Biological Diversity's petition for writ of mandate in connection with assessment of greenhouse gas impacts and otherwise affirming denial of petitions for writ of mandate. [ 09/30/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to vineyard conversion project.

Columbia Riverkeeper v. Cowlitz County

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: Wash. SHB
Status: Permits reversed based on invalidity of environmental impact statement. [ 09/18/2017 ]
Description: Challenge to permits for methanol manufacturing and shipping facility.