WESTERN OIL & GAS ASSN. v. AIR RESOURCES BOARD

Docket No. L.A. 31585.

37 Cal.3d 502 (1984)

691 P.2d 606

208 Cal. Rptr. 850

WESTERN OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. AIR RESOURCES BOARD et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

December 17, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, R.H. Connett, Assistant Attorney General, and Joel S. Moskowitz, Deputy Attorney General, for Defendants and Appellants.

John F. Powell, Richard W. Grieves, Laurence G. Chaset, Joseph J. Brecher, Nicholas C. Arguimbau, Michael D. Mason, Abby Ginzberg, Carlyle W. Hall, Jr., and Michael S. Gendler as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

McCutchen, Black, Verleger & Shea, Philip K. Verleger, Jack D. Fudge, Gregory R. McClintock and Michael L. Hickok for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Ronald A. Zumbrun, John H. Findley and Anthony T. Caso as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

GRODIN, J.

This case presents issues of first impression under the Mulford-Carrell Air Resources Act (Health & Saf. Code, § 39000 et seq.) which created the State Air Resources Board (Board) and directed it to adopt standards of ambient air quality "for each air basin in consideration of the public health, safety, and welfare, including, but not limited to, health, illness, irritation to the senses, aesthetic value...

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