SIERRA CLUB v. TAHOE REGIONAL PLANNING AGENCY

Nos. 14-15998 14-16513.

840 F.3d 1106 (2016)

SIERRA CLUB; Friends of the West Shore, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TAHOE REGIONAL PLANNING AGENCY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 2, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Trent W. Orr (argued) and Wendy S. Park , Earthjustice, San Francisco, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Whitman F. Manley (argued) and Howard F. Wilkins III , Remy Moose Manley LLP, Sacramento, California; John L. Marshall , Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Stateline, Nevada; for Defendant-Appellee.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General; Daniel L. Siegel , Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Nicole U. Rinke , Deputy Attorney General; Sacramento, California; for Amicus Curiae California Resources Agency.

Cassandra P. Joseph , Senior Deputy Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Carson City, Nevada; for Amicus Curiae Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

Thomas Watson , City Attorney; Nira Doherty , Assistant City Attorney; City of South Lake Tahoe, South Lake Tahoe, Nevada; for Amici Curiae City of South Lake Tahoe, California; El Dorado County, California; Placer County, California; Douglas County; Nevada; Carson City and County, Nevada; and Washoe County, Nevada.

Lewis S. Feldman and Kara L. Thiel , Feldman McLaughlin Thiel LLP, Zephyr Cove, Nevada, for Amici Curiae Lake Tahoe Community College, South Shore Chamber of Commerce, North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce, Sierra Nevada Association of Realtors, Incline Village Board of Realtors, Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority, Tahoe Douglas Visitors Authority, South Tahoe Alliance of Resorts, and Barton Health.

Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Mary M. Schroeder, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

INTRODUCTION

The Lake Tahoe Region is an area of unmatched beauty surrounding the largest alpine lake in North America. It first caught the world's attention with the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, when the area became a recreation destination...

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