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PEOPLE v. TODD SHIPYARDS CORP.

Docket No. 22538.

192 Cal.App.3d 20 (1987)

238 Cal. Rptr. 761

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant v. TODD SHIPYARDS CORPORATION, et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Appellate Department, Superior Court, Los Angeles.

April 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James K. Hahn, City Attorney, Greg Wolff and Steven Tekosky, Deputy City Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Michele B. Corash, Ronald E. Van Buskirk, Michael J. Steel, Teresa J. Reid Rambo, Parker, Milliken, Clark, O'Hara & Samuelian, Nowland C. Hong, Stephen T. Holzer, Harrington, Foxx, Dubrow, Canter & Keene, William B. Keene, Paul Geragos, Michael C. Carney, Walter R. Urban and Douglas Dalton for Defendants and Appellants.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Theodora Berger, Assistant Attorney General, Reed Sato and Timothy R. Patterson, Deputy Attorneys General, as Amici Curiae.

OPINION

SOVEN, J. —

SUMMARY

In this case, we must decide whether federal law prohibits California from regulating the storage of a hazardous substance, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's). We conclude that the applicable federal law does not preempt California laws on the subject, and that, as a result, the trial court erred in sustaining defendants' demurrers to the complaint.

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