CHEVRON U.S.A., INC. v. COUNTY OF MONTEREY

No. H045791.

70 Cal.App.5th 153 (2021)

CHEVRON U.S.A., INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. COUNTY OF MONTEREY, Defendant; PROTECT MONTEREY COUNTY et al., Interveners and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

October 12, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robins Kaplan, Michael Geibelson , Bernice Conn , Lucas A. Messenger ; Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School, Deborah A. Sivas , Alicia E. Thesing ; Center for Biological Diversity, Hollin N. Kretzmann , Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, Catherine Engberg , Kevin Patrick Bundy and Aaron M. Stanton , for Interveners and Appellants.

Alston & Bird, Jeffrey David Dintzer , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Theodore Joseph Boutrous , Ragghianti Freitas and Todd Welden Smith , for Plaintiff and Respondent Chevron U.S.A., Inc.

Hanson Bridgett, Andrew A. Bassak , Christopher A. Rheinheimer ; Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Michael M. Berger and Benjamin Shatz , for Plaintiff and Respondent Aera Energy LLC.

O'Melveny & Myers, Matthew Thomas Kline , Heather A. Welles and Barton Hurst Thompson , for Plaintiff and Respondent California Resources Corporation.

Clifford and Brown and Donald Charles Oldaker , for Plaintiff and Respondent Eagle Petroleum, LLC.

JRG Attorneys at Law and Jason Stuart Retterer , for Plaintiff and Respondent Trio Petroleum, LLC.

Hanna and Morton, Edward Shield Renwick and Jacqueline M. Zischke , for Plaintiff and Respondent National Association of Royalty Owners—California, Inc.

Katherine S. Hoff and Shana D.G. Lazerow , for Communities For A Better Environment as Amicus Curiae.

Paulina Nicole Torres , for Center On Race, Poverty & The Environment; Committee For A Better Arvin as Amicus Curiae.

UCLA School of Law, Sean Bernard Hecht , Benjamin Avi Harris ; and Chambers of Judge Stephen V. Wilson , for League of California Cities; California State Association of Counties as Amicus Curiae.


OPINION

Appellant Protect Monterey County (PMC) appeals from the trial court's judgment striking down a Monterey County ordinance banning "land uses in support of" new oil and gas wells and "land uses in support of" wastewater injection in unincorporated areas of Monterey...

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