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CITY OF POMONA v. SQM NORTH AMERICA CORP.

No. 15-56062.

866 F.3d 1060 (2017)

CITY OF POMONA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SQM NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 7, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susannah Weaver (argued), Donahue & Goldberg LLP, Washington, D.C.; Esther L. Klisura , Kathleen S. Kizer , SL Environmental Law Group, San Francisco, California; Robert S. Chapman , Sauer & Wagner, Los Angeles, California; Andrew L. Jared , Assistant City Attorney; Arnold M. Alvarez-Glasman , City Attorney; Office of the City Attorney of the City of Pomona, Pomona, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

R. Gaylord Smith (argued), Lann G. McIntyre , Michael K. Johnson , and Malissa Hathaway McKeith , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, San Diego, California, for Defendant-Appellee.

Anthony Z. Roisman , Weathersfield, Vermont; Ned Miltenberg , National Legal Scholars Law Firm P.C., Washington, D.C.; Kevin J. Madonna , Kennedy & Madonna LLP, Hurley, New York; for Amicus Curiae Law Professors Stephen A. Saltzburg, Michael M. Martin, and Joëlle Anne Moreno.

Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Morgan Christen, and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

After a seven-day trial, a jury found SQM North America Corporation (SQM) not liable for causing perchlorate contamination in the City of Pomona's (Pomona) water system. Pomona now appeals from that judgment. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We hold that the district court abused its...

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