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

No. S271869.

15 Cal.5th 135 (2023)

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

Supreme Court of California.

August 3, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Katherine S. Hoff , Shana D.G. Lazerow , Alison Hahm ; Julia K. Forgie ; M. Benjamin Eichenberg ; Paulina Nicole Torres and Ingrid M. Brostrom for Communities for a Better Environment, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco Baykeeper and Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment as Amici Curiae on behalf of Interveners and Appellants.

James R. Williams , County Counsel (Santa Clara), and Elizabeth Vissers , Deputy County Counsel, for County of Santa Clara as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Interveners and Appellants.

Noah Garrison for Former State Senator Fran Pavley as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Interveners and Appellants.

Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic, Sean B. Hecht , Benjamin Avi Harris and Gabriel F. Greif for League of California Cities, California State Association of Counties and County of Los Angeles as Amici Curiae on behalf of Interveners and Appellants.

Alston & Bird, Jeffrey D. Dintzer , Matthew Wickersham ; Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Theodore J. Boutrous , William E. Thomson , Dione Garlick ; Ragghianti Freitas and Todd Welden Smith for Plaintiff and Respondent Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

Hanson Bridgett, Andrew A. Bassak , Christopher A. Rheinheimer , Gary A. Watt , Patrick Burns ; Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Michael M. Berger and Stephanie A. Roeser for Plaintiff and Respondent Aera Energy LLC.

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

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

JRG Attorneys at Law, Johnson, Rovella, Retterer, Rosenthal & Gilles and Jason S. Retterer for Plaintiffs and Respondents Trio Petroleum, LLC, Sunset Exploration Inc., Monroe Swell Prospect, J.V., and Bradley Minerals, Inc.

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

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and Michael M. Berger for Western States Petroleum Association and California Independent Petroleum Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Munger, Tolles & Olson, Benjamin J. Horwich and Dila Mignouna for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, California Chamber of Commerce, Central Valley Business Federation and Los Angeles County Business Federation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

In 2016, Protect Monterey County (PMC) sponsored, and Monterey County (County) voters passed, "Measure Z," a local ordinance that bans oil and gas wastewater injection and impoundment and the drilling of new oil and gas wells throughout the County's unincorporated areas. Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (Chevron) and other...

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