Legal Opinion
Citizens for a Better Environment-California v. Union Oil Co.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided July 8, 1994No. C 94-0712 TEH, C 94-0713 TEHPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
THELTON E. HENDERSON, Chief Judge.
The two above-captioned related cases are identical citizen suits brought by non-governmental environmental conservation organizations against defendant oil companies. The suits challenge each defendant’s discharge into portions of the San Francisco Bay of waste water containing the chemical selenium from oil refineries owned by each defendant located in the San Francisco Bay area. The first suit is brought against defendant Union Oil Company of California (“Unocal”) and concerns Unocal’s refinery at Rodeo, California, which…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- United States v. Nordic Village, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Henry G. Mack v. South Bay Beer Distributors, Inc., Dba Bay Beer Distributors, a California CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Hallstrom v. Tillamook CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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