REPRESENTATIVE CASES – Herum \ Crabtree \ Suntag

Why it matters: An EIR’s reliance on the future review and clearance of a project by a federal agency can be adequate mitigation for potentially significant impacts under CEQA. Facts: Two applicants in Kern County requested a zone change and conditional use permit in order to build and operate a wind farm in the Tehachapi…

Memorial Hospitals Ass’n. v. Randol (1995), 38 Cal.App.4th 1300 (California Court of Appeal, Fifth District)

Mineral County v. State, Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources (2001), 117 Nev. 235 (Supreme Court of Nevada)

San Joaquin Raptor Rescue Ctr. v. Co. of Merced (2007), 149 Cal.App.4th 645 (California Court of Appeal, Fifth District)

Save Stanislaus Area Farm Economy v. Board of Supervisors (1993), 13 Cal.App.4th 141 (California Court of Appeal, Fifth District)

Sierra Club v. San Joaquin Local Agency Formation Commission (1999), 21 Cal.App.4th 489 (Supreme Court of California)

Sierra Club v. West Side Irr. Dist. (2005), 128 Cal.App.4th 690 (California Court of Appeal, Third District)

South Florida Water Management District v. Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, et al (2004), 541 U.S. 95 (United States Supreme Court)

Stanislaus Audubon Society, Inc. v. County of Stanislaus (1995), 33 Cal.App.4th 144 (California Court of Appeal, Fifth District)

State Water Resources Control Bd. Cases (2006), 136 Cal.App.4th 674 (California Court of Appeal, Third District)

Westlands Water Dist. v. U.S. Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (1994), 850 F.Supp. 1388 (United States District Court, E.D. California)

REPRESENTATIVE CASES
HERUM CRABTREE SUNTAG, LLP

American Canyon Community United for Responsible Growth v. City of American Canyon (2006), 145 Cal.App.4th 1062 (California Court of Appeal, First District)

Anderson First Coalition v. City of Anderson (2005), 130 Cal.App.4th 1173 (California Court of Appeal, Third District)

Association of Irritated Residents v. County of Madera (2003), 107 Cal.App.4th 1383 (California Court of Appeal, Fifth District)

Bakersfield Citizens for Local Control v. City of Bakersfield (2004), 124 Cal.App.4th 1184 (California Court of Appeal, Fifth District)

Bright Development v. City of Tracy (1993), 20 Cal.App.4th 783 (California Court of Appeal, Third District)

California Trout v. Schaefer (1995), 58 F.3d 469 (United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit)

Central Delta Water Agency v. State Water Resources Control Bd. (2004), 124 Cal.App.4th 245 (California Court of Appeal, Third District)

Central Valley Water Agency v. U.S. (2004), 327 F.Supp.2d 1180 (United States District Court, E.D. California)

County of San Joaquin v. State Water Resources Control Board (1997), 54 Cal.App.4th 1144 (California Court of Appeal, Third District)

Delta Wetlands Properties v. County of San Joaquin (2004), 121 Cal.App.4th 128 (California Court of Appeal, Third District)

Deltakeeper v. Oakdale Irrigation Dist. (2201), 94 Cal.App.4th 1092 (California Court of Appeal, Third District)

Derivi Const. & Architecture, Inc. v. Wong (2004), 118 Cal.App.4th 1268 (California Court of Appeal, Third District)

El Dorado Irr. Dist. v. State Water Resources Control Bd. (2006), 142 Cal.App.4th 937 (California Court of Appeal, Third District)

L.I.F.E. Committee v City of Lodi (1989), 213 Cal.App.3d 1139 (California Court of Appeal, Third District)

Local Agency Can Rely on Federal Permit Clearance as Valid CEQA Mitigation (Citizens Opposing a Dangerous Environment v. County of Kern (2014) 228 Cal.App.4th 360)