Consumer Advocacy Group, Inc. v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
California Court of Appeal
Environmental Law Foundation, James R. Wheaton, Iryna Kwasny and Megan Evart; Yeroushalmi & Associates and Reuben Yeroushalmi for Plaintiff and Appellant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
VOGEL (C. S.) P. J.
Introduction
In 1986, the electorate passed Proposition 65, the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. It is now codified in Health and Safety Code sections 25249.5-25249.13. Section 25249.5 provides, in pertinent part: “No person in the course of doing business shall knowingly discharge or release a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity into water or onto or into land where such chemical passes or probably will pass into any source of drinking water . . . .” The initiative provides both for fines and injunctive relief.…
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