CITIZENS FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT v. UNION OIL CO.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda M. Dardarian (argued), Jollee Faber, Saperstein, Goldstein, Demchak & Baller, Oakland, California, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Sanford Svetcov (argued), Landels, Ripley & Diamond, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellant.

Tseming C. Yang (argued), United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; John P. Dyer, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, California, Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco; City Councils of the Cities of Richmond, Martinez, and Albany; The Board of Directors of the East Bay Regional Park District; George Miller and Ronald V. Dellums, Members of Congress; Members of the California Assembly Robert Campbell (11th District), Tom Bates (14th District), and Barbara Lee (16th District); and Norman Laforce in his capacity as Mayor of the City of El Cerrito; Stephan C. Volker, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, San Francisco, California; Barry S. Neuman, Jenner & Block, Washington, D.C.; American Petroleum Institute and The Chemical Manufacturers Association; Craig E. Stewart, Pillsbury Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, California, Exxon Corporation and Western States Petroleum Association; Edward J. Casey, McClintock, Weston, Benshoof, Rochefort, Rubalcava & Maccuish, Los Angeles, California, California Chamber of Commerce and California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance; Scott M. DuBoff, Wright & Talisman, P.C., Washington, D.C., American Automobile Manufacturers Association, The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, National Association of Manufacturers, ACME Metals, Inc., Coats America, Inc., Crucible Specialty Metals, Cyprus-AMAX, Inc., Dresser Industries, Inc., General Electric Co., Murphy Oil USA, Inc., PMC, Inc., Total Petroleum, Inc., U.S. Steel Group, and Zeneca, Inc.; Charles S. Treat, Latham & Watkins, San Francisco, California, 28 California Cities and Towns; Charles C. Caldart, David A. Nicholas, Joshua R. Kratka, National Environment Law Center, California Public Interest Research Group, Illinois Public Interest Research Group, Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group, Public Interest Research Group in Michigan, Public Interest Research Group of New Jersey, Ohio Public Interest Research Group, and Washington Public Interest Research Group, Boston, Massachusetts, for amici curiae.

Stephan C. Volker, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, attorney for Amici Curiae Sierra Club, Hudson Riverkeeper Fund, Inc., Natural Resources Defense Council, Atlantic States Legal Foundation, Earth Island Institute, Clean Water Action, United Anglers of California, Marin Audubon Society, Golden Gate Audubon Society, Peninsula Conservation Center Foundation, Petaluma River Council, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations, ARC Ecology, Citizens for the Eastshore State Park, Ohlone Audubon Society, Inc., Mount Diablo Audubon, Madrone Audubon Chapter, Committee to Save the Mokelumne, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, Coastal Advocates, Santa Monica Baykeeper, San Diego Baykeeper, Surfers Environmental Alliance, Hawai`i's Thousand Friends, The Hawai`i-la Ieikawai Association, Inc., Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, Northwest Environmental Advocates, Tualatin Riverkeepers, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, New York/New Jersey Harbor Baykeeper, Friends of Santa Fe County, and New Mexico Environmental Law Center.

Before: BROWNING and JOHN T. NOONAN, Jr., Circuit Judges, and MERHIGE, Senior District Judge.