Legal Opinion

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. East Bay Municipal Utility District

California Supreme Court

Decided January 23, 1980No. S.F. 23422PublishedCited by 28 opinions

John B. Reilley and Robert C. Helwick for Defendants and Respondents. Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Adolph Moskovitz and Clifford W. Schulz as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

CLARK, J.

The United States Supreme Court vacated our judgment (20 Cal.3d 327 [142 Cal.Rptr. 904, 572 P.2d 1128]), and remanded the cause for consideration in light of California v. United States (1978) 438 U.S. 645 [57 L.Ed.2d 1018, 98 S.Ct. 2985], involving the doctrine of federal preemption.

Plaintiffs and intervener appeal from judgment of dismissal following the court’s sustaining defendants’ demurrers without leave to amend. We reverse the judgment.

Plaintiffs, three corporations and three individuals, are residents of an area served by defendant East Bay Municipal Utility District…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Arizona v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. California v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Ivanhoe Irrigation District v. McCrackenSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  4. Peabody v. City of VallejoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1935
  5. Joslin v. Marin Municipal Water DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Kern-Tulare Water District v. City of BakersfieldCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
  2. National Audubon Society v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1983
  3. United States v. State Water Resources Control BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1986
  4. Westlands Water Dist. v. US Dept. of InteriorDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1994
  5. Brydon v. East Bay Municipal Utility DistrictCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1994

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