KING AND GARDINER FARMS, LLC v. COUNTY OF KERN

No. F077656.

45 Cal.App.5th 814 (2020)

KING AND GARDINER FARMS, LLC, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COUNTY OF KERN et al., Defendants and Respondents; CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION et al., Real Parties in Interest and Respondents. COMMITTEE FOR A BETTER ARVIN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. COUNTY OF KERN et al., Defendants and Respondents; CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION et al., Real Parties in Interest and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

February 25, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, Rachel B. Hooper , Heather M. Minner , Kevin P. Bundy ; and Daniel P. Selmi for Plaintiff and Appellant King and Gardiner Farms, LLC.

Earthjustice, Colin C. O'Brien , Byron Jia-Bao Chan ; and Elizabeth Benson for Plaintiff and Appellant Sierra Club.

Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment and Caroline Farrell for Plaintiffs and Appellants Committee for a Better Arvin, Committee for a Better Shafter, and Greenfield Walking Group.

Center for Biological Diversity, Hollin N. Kretzmann and Clare Lakewood for Plaintiff and Appellant Center for Biological Diversity.

Margo A. Raison , County Counsel, Andrew C. Thomson , Deputy County Counsel; Holland & Knight, Jennifer L. Hernandez , Bradley B. Brownlow , Marne S. Sussman , Daniel R. Golub and Emily M. Lieban for Defendants and Respondents.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Margaret Rosegay , Norman F. Carlin and Blaine I. Green for Real Party in Interest and Respondent Western States Petroleum Association.

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Craig A. Moyer and Keli N. Osaki for Real Party in Interest and Respondent California Independent Petroleum Association.


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OPINION

In November 2015, the Board of Supervisors (Board) of the County of Kern1 approved an ordinance to streamline the permitting process for new oil and gas wells and certified an environmental...

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