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AMERICAN COATINGS ASSN. v. SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DIST.

No. S177823.

54 Cal.4th 446 (2012)

142 Cal. Rptr. 3d 581

278 P.3d 838

AMERICAN COATINGS ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

June 25, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fulbright & Jaworski, Jeffrey B. Margulies and William L. Troutman for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, Matthew D. Zinn , Heather M. Minner ; Daniel P. Selmi ; Kurt R. Wiese , Barbara B. Baird and William B. Wong for Defendant and Respondent.

Philip M. Jay and Catherine T. Redmond for San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic and Sean B. Hecht for Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Kathrine C. Pittard for Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. , Attorney General, J. Matthew Rodriquez , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gordon Burns , Deputy State Solicitor General, Mary E. Hackenbracht , Assistant Attorney General, and Gavin G. McCabe , Deputy Attorney General, for California Air Resources Board as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

LIU, J. —

The South Coast Air Quality Management District (District) is charged with regulating nonvehicular air pollution emissions in a large area that encompasses much of Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California, regions that have some of the worst air pollution in the country. This case concerns the District's 2002 amendments to its "Rule 1113," which limits certain...

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