PEOPLE v. RINEHART

No. S222620.

1 Cal.5th 652 (2016)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BRANDON LANCE RINEHART, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 22, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murphy & Buchal and James L. Buchal for Defendant and Appellant.

Damien M. Schiff , James S. Burling and Jonathan Wood for Pacific Legal Foundation, Western Mining Alliance and Siskiyou County as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Parsons Behle & Latimer, Brook B. Bond , L. Michael Bogert ; Mountain States Legal Foundation, Steven J. Lechner and Jeffrey W. McCoy for American Exploration & Mining Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Edward C. DuMont , State Solicitor General, Mark J. Breckler , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Robert W. Byrne , Assistant Attorney General, Joshua A. Klein , Deputy State Solicitor General, Gavin G. McCabe , Michael M. Edson , Marc N. Melnick and J. Kyle Mast , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Jonathan Evans ; Saxton & Associates and Lynne R. Saxton for Karuk Tribe, Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the River, Klamath Riverkeeper, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations, Institute for Fisheries Resources, Environmental Law Foundation, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, Foothill Angler's Coalition, North Fork American River Alliance, Upper American River Foundation and Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Sean B. Hecht and Eric Biber for John D. Leshy and Alejandro E. Camacho as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

John C. Cruden , Assistant Attorney General, and Lane N. McFadden for The United States as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

California was shaped by the search for gold. In time, the state's other natural treasures — its waters and wildlife, its forests and coast-lines — proved similar draws. We consider here a conflict arising from the competing desires to exploit and to preserve these various resources. The People...

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