Sierra Club v. County of Tehama

Filing Date: 2009
Case Categories:
Principal Laws:
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
Description: Challenge to general plan update.
  • Sierra Club v. County of Tehama
    Docket number(s): C066996
    Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    11/30/2012 Opinion Download Opinion issued affirming trial court's judgment for respondents. An environmental group filed a lawsuit alleging that Tehama County’s general plan update violated CEQA by, among other things, misrepresenting greenhouse gas emissions in its EIR.  The trial court denied the petition.  On appeal, the appellate court affirmed, holding that the methodology for quantifying such emissions in the EIR was supported by substantial evidence.