Center for Biological Diversity v. City of Desert Hot Springs

Filing Date: 2007
Case Categories:
Principal Laws:
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
Description: Challenge to environmental impact report for large development project.
  • Center for Biological Diversity v. City of Desert Hot Springs
    Docket number(s): RIC464585
    Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    08/06/2008 Decision Download Ruling issued on petition for writ of mandate. A California state court found that an environmental impact report (EIR) required under the California Environmental Quality Act for a large residential and commercial development was inadequate because, among other things, it failed to make a meaningful attempt to determine the project's effect on global warming before determining that any attempt would be speculative.