Principal Law:

California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

169 Cases found

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.

AquAlliance v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 05/11/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review and approval of a 2019-2024 water transfer program for the sale of water by sellers upstream of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to buyers south of the Delta.

John R. Lawson Rock & Oil, Inc. v. California Air Resources Board

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Opening brief filed by petitioner. [ 04/10/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to proposed amendments to California's greenhouse gas emissions standards for medium- and heavy-duty engines and vehicles and to the Tractor-Trailer Greenhouse Gas Regulation.

Sierra Club v. California Department of Water Resources

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed. [ 04/29/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to the approval of the Long-Term Operation of the State Water Project.

Gameros v. City of San Diego

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Enforcement of ordinance stayed pending the preparation of an environmental impact report under the California Environmental Quality Act. [ 12/12/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to City of San Diego's ordinance banning distribution of polystyrene foam food containers.

Center for Biological Diversity v. County of Kern

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 01/10/2020 ]
Description: Challenges to approvals of a project in California that would include 12,000 dwelling units, up to 5.1 million square feet of commercial land uses, and a development footprint of 4,643 acres.

Gallaher v. City of Santa Rosa

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 12/17/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to City of Santa Rosa law restricting natural gas appliances in new homes.

Environmental Council of Sacramento v. County of Sacramento

Filing Date: 2013
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Trial court judgment upholding approvals affirmed. [ 01/30/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to approvals for a large master-planned community in Sacramento County that included residential and commercial uses and a university campus.

Committee to Complete the Refuge v. City of Newark

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for peremptory writ of mandate and complaint for injunctive relief filed. [ 12/16/2019 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging environmental review for shoreline residential development.

Friends of Rose Creek v. City of San Diego

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 10/09/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to the City of San Diego's approval of specific plan for approximately 210 acres that was intended to provide a framework for transit-oriented development in the affected neighborhood.

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.

POET, LLC v. California Air Resources Board

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Petitioner's appeal voluntarily dismissed. [ 01/24/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to California's 2015 Low Carbon Fuel Standard and Alternative Diesel Fuel regulations.