Legal Opinion

State Water Resources Control Board v. Superior Court

California Court of Appeal

Decided March 28, 2002No. C039614PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

SCOTLAND, P. J.

In this water law action, the State Water Resources Control Board (the Board) seeks a writ of mandate to vacate the order of respondent superior court disqualifying the California Attorney General’s Office from further representing the Board because the Attorney General also is representing the Department of Fish and Game (DF&G) in the litigation.

The disqualification order was based on Water Code section 186 (hereafter section 186), which provides in part: “The Attorney General shall represent the board and the state in litigation concerning affairs of the board unless…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Palma v. U.S. Industrial Fasteners, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Common Cause v. Board of SupervisorsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1989
  3. People v. SnookCalifornia Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Carsten v. Psychology Examining CommitteeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
  5. Ng v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1992

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Banning Ranch Conservancy v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2011
  2. Castaneda v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2015
  3. Reynosa v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2024

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