Principal Law:

California Constitution

17 Cases found

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.

Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: C.D. Cal.
Status: Motion to intervene granted. [ 11/01/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the denial of a permit that would allow Exxon to temporarily truck crude oil from Exxon’s Santa Ynez Unit, consisting of three offshore platforms and an onshore processing center.

County of Kern v. Newsom

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Lawsuit dismissed. [ 04/05/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that California governor improperly directed the California Geologic Energy Management Division to implement bans or moratoriums on well stimulation treatments such as hydraulic fracturing and high pressure cyclic steam permits.

Casa Mira Homeowners Association v. California Coastal Commission

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition and complaint filed. [ 12/13/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to the California Coastal Commission's approval of only a portion of a seawall intended to protect the California Coastal Trail, a sewer line, 10 townhomes, and three apartments.

Casa Mira Homeowners Association v. California Coastal Commission

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition and complaint filed. [ 06/09/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to the California Coastal Commission's approval of an amendment to the City of Half Moon Bay's Local Coastal Plan/Program, which would prohibit long-term shoreline protective devices.

Government Accountability & Oversight, P.C. v. Regents of the University of California

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition denied in part and granted in part and respondent directed to provide supplemental declaration and log information. [ 01/20/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit asserting that the University of California failed to comply with the California Public Records Act in response to requests for law professors' correspondence with the Massachusetts attorney general's office and certain donors.

California Trucking Association v. South Coast Air Quality Management District

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: C.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint in intervention filed by Airlines for America. [ 01/14/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to block implementation of a South Coast Air Quality Management District rule imposing compliance obligations on warehouses based on the number, type, and emission characteristics of trucks that visit the warehouse facilities.

Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Foster Poultry Farms

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/02/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that a chicken slaughterhouse’s use of millions of gallons of groundwater was unreasonable in violation of Article X, Section 2, of the California Constitution.

Levin Richmond Terminal Corp. v. City of Richmond

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Motions to dismiss granted in part and denied in part and motions to intervene and amici motions granted. [ 08/27/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to City of Richmond ordinance that prohibited transloading and export of coal and petroleum coke.

California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkeley

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: District court judgment for defendant reversed and remanded and district court directed to reinstate state law claims. [ 04/17/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to a City of Berkeley ordinance banning natural gas infrastructure in new buildings.

E&B Natural Resources Management Corp. v. County of Alameda

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Third joint case management statement filed. [ 07/20/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging Alameda County’s decision not to renew conditional use permits for continued operation of an oil extraction and production facility in the City of Livermore.

The Two Hundred v. California Air Resources Board

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: First amended petition filed. [ 11/21/2018 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that provisions of 2017 scoping plan under the Global Warming Solutions Act are unlawful, unconstitutional, and exacerbate poverty.