Legal Opinion
San Francisco Herring Ass'n v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided February 26, 2015No. Case No. 14-cv-04393-WHOPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS
Re: Dkt. No. 13
WILLIAM H. ORRICK, District Judge
Plaintiffs San Francisco Herring Association (“SFHA”) and Dan Clarke brought a complaint against defendants Pacific Gas and Electric Company and PG & E Corporation (collectively, “PG & E”) arising from PG & E’s operation of manufactured gas plants roughly one hundred years ago. Although these plants no longer exist, they allegedly left behind substantial quantities of waste products that continue to contaminate the land in the Marina and Fisherman’s Wharf neighborhoods of San Francisco and the water of the San…
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