Status: Judgment and peremptory writ of mandate affirmed. [ 11/30/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to California Environmental Quality Act review for an expanded quarry, asphalt processing facility, quarry reclamation project, and related zoning actions.
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.
Status: Opinion issued on rehearing and trial court's judgment largely affirmed, including rejection of climate change-related claims. [ 06/07/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to approval of changes to a proposed residential development on Big Bear Lake, including for failure to consider the project's impact on climate change.
Status: First amended petition for writ of mandate denied. [ 05/11/2016 ]
Description: Challenge to Riverside County's approval of a Wine Country Community Plan, including for failure to adequately evaluate project impacts on greenhouse gas emissions.
Status: Court of Appeal's decision affirmed in part and reversed in part and case remanded for further proceedings. [ 08/01/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging failure to consider the environmental effects of climate change on the operation of the Oroville Dam and related facilities.
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.
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.