Status: Petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 03/04/2024 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenge to the County of Tulare’s approval of the Golden State Hydrogen Plant, including the determination that the project was exempt from CEQA review.
Status: Plaintiffs' motion for judgment on the pleadings denied and defendants' cross motion for judgment on the pleadings allowed. [ 03/23/2023 ]
Description: Town's challenge to the Massachusetts Attorney General's decision disapproving the Town's zoning bylaws preventing or limiting use of fossil fuel infrastructure in new construction.
Status: Exxon's motion for summary judgment denied and Board of Supervisors' and environmental group intervenors' motions for summary judgment granted. [ 09/27/2023 ]
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.
Status: Opinion upholding California Coastal Commission special conditions certified for publication. [ 07/16/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to conditions imposed by California Coastal Commission on the construction of a single-family residence on a bluff adjacent to the Pacific Ocean.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed. [ 08/30/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to a mixed-use development on 93.4 acres for failure to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act and land use and planning requirements.
Status: Writ for administrative mandated granted in part and denied in part, causes of action for declaratory relief denied, and remaining causes of action transferred for assignment. [ 07/02/2020 ]
Description: Challenge by owner and operator of a Los Angeles County landfill to permit conditions.
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.
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.