Legal Opinion
ST. OF CALIFORNIA v. City & Cty. of San Francisco
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 28, 1979No. Civ. 44127PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HALVONIK, J.
This is an action by the state for civil penalties against the City and County of San Francisco for pollution of state waters. The pollution occurred during a public employees’ strike in March of 1974. The jury awarded $500,000 to the state, the court reduced that amount to $150,000 and held that appellant unions, by virtue of indemnification, were liable for the entire amount. When making the indemnification ruling the court stated that, the law permitting, it would have apportioned liability between the city and the unions.
All parties appeal. The state contends that the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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3Cited by14 opinions
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