CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASS'N v. CITY OF BERKELEY

No. 21-16278.

89 F.4th 1094 (2023)

CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION, a California nonprofit mutual benefit corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF BERKELEY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 17, 2023.

Amended January 2, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian C. Baran (argued), Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP, Washington, D.C.; Courtland L. Reichman , Laura Carwile , Ariel C. Green Anaba , and Sarah Jorgensen , Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP, Redwood Shores, California; Kylie C. Kim , Massey & Gail LLP, Washington, D.C.; Gary J. Toman , Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, Atlanta, Georgia; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Anthony L. Francois (argued) and Peter S. Prows , Briscoe Ivester & Bazel LLP, San Francisco, California; Sean H. Donahue , Donahue Goldberg & Weaver LLP, Washington, D.C.; Brendan Darrow , Rent Stabilization Board, Berkeley, California; Farima F. Brown , City Attorney, Berkeley Office of the City Attorney, Berkeley, California; for Defendant-Appellee.

Angelo I. Amador, Restaurant Law Center, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Restaurant Law Center. Thomas G. Pulham (argued), Deputy Attorney General; Michael S. Raab, H. Thomas Byron, III, and Joseph F. Busa, Appellate Staff Attorneys, Civil Division; Stephanie Hinds, Acting United States Attorney; Ismail J. Ramsey, Unites States Attorney; Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General; United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Emily Hammond, Deputy General Counsel for Litigation, Regulation, and Enforcement; Alexandra Klass, Deputy General Counsel for Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Demonstrations; Brent Allen, Deputy General Counsel for Environment and Litigation; United States Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.; Samuel T. Walsh, General Counsel; for Amicus Curiae USA.

Michael L. Murray and Matthew J. Agen, American Gas Association, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae American Gas Association.

Megan Berge, Baker Botts LLP, San Francisco, California; JoAnna Adkisson, Baker Botts LLP, Washington, D.C.; Francesca Eick, Baker Botts LLP, Austin, Texas; for Amici Curiae Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute; California Building Industry Association, Hearth, Patio, & Barbecue Association; National Association of Home Builders; and National Association of Manufacturers.

Michael Burger, Jennifer Danis, and Amy E. Turner, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, New York, New York, for Amici Curiae National League of Cities; League of California Cities; and California State Association of Counties.

Theodore A.B. McCombs, Jonathan A. Wiener, M. Elaine Meckenstock, and Somerset Perry, Deputy Attorneys General; David A. Zonana and Myung J. Park, Supervising Deputy Attorneys General; Edward H. Ochoa and Robert W. Byrne, Senior Assistant Attorneys General; Rob Bonta, California Attorney General; California Attorney General's Office, San Diego, California; Brian E. Frosh, Maryland Attorney General, Maryland Attorney General's Office, Baltimore, Maryland; Andrew J. Bruck, Acting New Jersey Attorney General, New Jersey Attorney General's Office, Trenton, New Jersey; Letitia James, New York Attorney General, New York Attorney General's Office, New York, New York; Robert W. Ferguson, Washington Attorney General, Washington Attorney General's Office, Seattle, Washington; Georgia Pestana, Corporation Counsel, City of New York, New York, New York; Maura Healey, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, Boston, Massachusetts; Hector Balderas, New Mexico Attorney General, New Mexico Attorney General's Office, Santa Fe, New Mexico; for Amici Curiae the states of California, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Washington, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, The District of Columbia, and the City of New York.

Regina J. Hsu, Earthjustice, San Francisco, California; Timothy R. Oberleiton, Earthjustice, Washington, D.C.; for Amici Curiae Climate Health Now, San Francisco Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility, Physicians for Social Responsibility & American Thoracic Society.

Daniel N. Carpenter-Gold, Cara A. Horowitz, and Julia E. Stein, Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic, UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, California, for Amici Curiae Energy and Environmental Law Professors.

Kimberley E. Leefatt, Natural Resources Defense Council, Santa Monica, California; Thomas Zimpleman, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, D.C.; for Amici Curiae Chef Christopher Galarza and Chef Gerard Kenny II.

Gloria D. Smith, Sierra Club, Oakland California, for Amicus Curiae Sierra Club.

Daniel J. Becker, Assistant Counsel; John J. Sipos, Deputy General Counsel & Solicitor; New York Public Service Commission, Office of General Counsel, Albany, New York; for Amicus Curiae New York State Public Service Commission.

Nathaniel R. Mattison, Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law, New York, New York, for Amicus Curiae Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law at New York University School of Law.

Statement Respecting Denial of Rehearing En Banc by Judge Berzon.


ORDER

The opinion, Judge O'Scannlain's concurrence, and Judge Baker's concurrence filed on April 17, 2023, and published at 65 F.4th 1045 (9th Cir. 2023), are amended by the opinion and respective concurrences filed concurrently with this order.

Appellants filed a petition for rehearing en banc, Docket No. 92. Judge Bumatay voted to deny the petition for rehearing en banc and Judge O'Scannlain and Judge Baker so recommended.

The full court was advised...

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