Legal Opinion

Center for Biological Diversity v. Department of Fish & Wildlife

California Supreme Court

Decided November 30, 2015No. S217763PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*213Opinion

WERDEGAR, J.

This case presents three issues regarding the adequacy of an environmental impact report for a large land development in northwest Los Angeles County, each issue arising under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA; Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq.): (1) Does the environmental impact report validly determine the development would not significantly impact the environment by its discharge of greenhouse gases? (2) Are mitigation measures adopted for protection of a freshwater fish, the unarmored threespine stickleback, improper because they involve taking of the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Laurel Heights Improvement Ass'n of San Francisco, Inc. v. Regents of University of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1988
  2. Sierra Club v. State Board of ForestryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1994
  3. Communities for a Better Environment v. South Coast Air Quality Management DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 2010
  4. Environmental Protection Information Center v. California Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCalifornia Supreme Court · 2008
  5. Tomlinson v. County of AlamedaCalifornia Supreme Court · 2012

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3Cited by56 opinions

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  3. Friends of the Santa Clara v. US Army Corps of EngineersCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2018
  4. Cleveland Nat'l Forest Found. v. San Diego Ass'n of GovernmentsCalifornia Supreme Court · 2017
  5. Cleveland Nat'l Forest Found. v. San Diego Ass'n of Governments, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2017

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