ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND v. EAST BAY MUN. UTILITY

Docket No. S.F. 23422.

20 Cal.3d 327 (1977)

572 P.2d 1128

142 Cal. Rptr. 904

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT et al., Defendants and Respondents; COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, Intervener and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

December 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Thomas J. Graff, Morrison, Foerster, Holloway, Clinton & Clark, Morrison & Foerster and F. Bruce Dodge for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

John B. Heinrich, County Counsel, and L.B. Elam, Deputy County Counsel, for Intervener and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Carl Boronkay and Robert H. O'Brien, Assistant Attorneys General, Roderick Walston, Richard C. Jacobs, Nicholas C. Yost and Jan E. Chatten, Deputy Attorneys General, Henderson, Goodwin, Marking & Rogers and Robert E. Goodwin as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants and Intervener and Appellant.

John B. Reilley for Defendants and Respondents.

Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Adolph Moskovitz and Clifford W. Schulz as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

CLARK, J.

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

Plaintiffs, three corporations and three individuals, are residents of an area served by defendant East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), a governmental agency. Intervener is the County of Sacramento.

PLAINTIFFS' COMPLAINT

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