OAKLAND BULK & OVERSIZED v. CITY OF OAKLAND

Nos. 18-16105 18-16141.

960 F.3d 603 (2020)

OAKLAND BULK & OVERSIZED TERMINAL, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF OAKLAND, Defendant-Appellant, and Sierra Club; San Francisco Baykeeper, Intervenor-Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 26, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stacey M. Leyton (argued), James M. Finberg , and Andrew Kushner , Altshuler Berzon LLP, San Francisco, California; Barbara J. Parker , City Attorney; Maria S. Bee , Chief Assistant City Attorney; Jamilah A. Jefferson , Senior Deputy City Attorney; Office of the City Attorney, Oakland, California; for Defendant-Appellant.

Colin C. O'Brien (argued), Adrienne Bloch , Heather M. Lewis , and Marie E. Logan , Earthjustice, San Francisco, California; Jessica Yarnall Loarie and Joanne Spalding , Sierra Club, Oakland, California; Daniel P. Selni , Los Angeles, California; for Intervenor-Defendants-Appellants.

Robert P. Feldman (argued) and Andrew P. March , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Redwood Shores, California; William B. Adams and Meredith M. Shaw , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, New York, New York; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Tamara S. Galanter and Sara A. Clark , Shute Mihaly & Weinberger LLP, San Francisco, California; Carol R. Victor , East Bay Regional Park District, Oakland, California; for Amicus Curiae East Bay Regional Park District.

Xavier Becerra , Attorney General; Christie Vosburg , Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Scott Lichtig and Suma Peesapati , Deputy Attorneys General; Office of the Attorney General, San Diego, California; for Amicus Curiae State of California.

Jonathan C. Evans , Center for Biological Diversity, Oakland, California, for Amici Curiae West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, Asian Pacific Environmental Network, No Coal in Oakland, West Oakland Neighbors, Communities for a Better Environment, and Center for Biological Diversity.

James R. Williams , County Counsel; Greta S. Hansen , Chief Assistant County Counsel; Susan P. Greenberg , Deputy County Counsel; Office of the County Counsel, County of Santa Clara, San José, California; for Amicus Curiae California State Association of Counties.

Kenneth J. Rumelt , Vermont Law School, Environmental & Natural Resources Law Clinic, South Royalton, Vermont, for Amici Curiae Arthur Chen, Wendel Brunner, Wendy J. Parmet, Julia Walsh, Claire Broome, Thomas McKone, and John Swartzberg.

Kenneth B. Bley , Cox Castle & Nicholson LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Amicus Curiae California Building Industry Association.

Michael B. Kimberly and Matthew A. Waring , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C.; Katie Sweeney , National Mining Association, Washington, D.C.; Ellen Steen and Travis Cushman , American Farm Bureau Federation, Washington, D.C.; Peter C. Tolsdorf and Leland P. Frost , Manufacturers' Center for Legal Action, Washington, D.C.; Richard Moskowitz , American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, Washington, D.C.; for Amici Curiae National Mining Association, National Association of Manufacturers, American Farm Bureau Federation, and American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers.

Before: Carlos T. Bea and Kenneth K. Lee, Circuit Judges, and Lawrence L. Piersol, District Judge.


OPINION

In a bid to revitalize the site of a shuttered U.S. Army base near the bay, the City of Oakland agreed to have Oakland Bulk & Oversized Terminal, LLC ("OBOT") develop a commercial terminal there. But amid public backlash after the announcement that coal would be transported through the terminal, Oakland...

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