Institute for Fisheries Resources, et al. v. Continental Tire the Americas, LLC, et al.

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 INSTITUTE FOR FISHERIES Case No. 23-cv-05748-JD RESOURCES, et al., 5 Plaintiffs, ORDER RE SUMITOMO SUMMARY 6 JUDGMENT v. 7 CONTINENTAL TIRE THE AMERICAS, 8 LLC, et al., Defendants. 9 10 The crux of this environmental case is whether the use of N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N’- 11 phenyl-p-phenylenediamine (6PPD) in car and truck tires made by defendants resulted in road 12 runoff in the form of 6PPD-quinone (6PPD-q) that is toxic to protected salmonid fish species in 13 West Coast populations and caused a “take” under Section 9 of…