CALIFORNIA STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL v. FERC

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Kalnins Temple (argued), Adam L. Levitan , Kristin K. McCarthy and Julia K. Forgie , Deputy Attorneys General; Eric M. Katz , Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Robert W. Byrne , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Rob Bonta , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Los Angeles, California; for Petitioner California State Water Resources Control Board.

Julie Gantenbein (argued), Water and Power Law Group PC, Berkeley, California; Andrew M. Hawley , Western Environmental Law Center, Seattle, Washington; for Petitioners South Yuba River Citizens League, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, Friends of the River, and Sierra Club and its Mother Lode and Tehipite Chapters.

Jared B. Fish (argued), Attorney; Robert H. Solomon , Solicitor; Matthew R. Christiansen , General Counsel; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington D.C.; for Respondent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Michael A. Swiger (argued), Michael F. McBride , and Ani Esenyan , Van Ness Feldman, LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Respondent-Intervenors Nevada Irrigation District and Yuba County Water Agency.

Thomas M. Berliner and Jolie-Anne S. Ansley , Duane Morris LLP, San Francisco, California; Phillip R. McMurray , General Counsel, Merced Irrigation District, Merced, California; for Respondent-Intervenor Merced Irrigation District.

Jonathan D. Brightbill and Lauren Gailey , Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, D.C.; Andrew R. Varcoe and Stephanie A. Maloney , United States Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Andrea W. Wortzel , Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Richmond, Virginia; Charles R. Sensiba and Morgan M. Gerard , Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Amici Curiae National Hydropower Association and Northwest Hydroelectric Association.

Gabrielle Gurian and Kelly Thomas Wood , Assistant Attorneys General; Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, Washington; Jill Lacedonia , Assistant Attorney General; William Tong , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Hartford, Connecticut; Scott W. Boak ; Aaron M. Frey , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Augusta, Maine; Gillian Wener ; Dana Nessel , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, ENRA Division, Lansing, Michigan; Peter N. Surdo , Special Assistant Attorney General; Keith Ellison , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Saint Paul, Minnesota; Kristina Miles , Deputy Attorney General; Andrew J. Bruck , Acting Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Environmental Permitting and Counseling, Trenton, New Jersey; William Grantham , Assistant Attorney General; Hector Balderas , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Consumer and Environmental Protection Division, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Taylor H. Crabtree and Asher P. Spiller , Assistant Attorneys General; Daniel S. Hirschman , Senior Deputy Attorney General; Joshua S. Stein , Attorney General; Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina; Paul Garrahan , Attorney-in-Charge; Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General; Natural Resources Section, Department of Justice, Salem, Oregon; Laura B. Murphy ; Thomas J. Donovan, Jr. , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Montpelier, Vermont; Brian R. Caldwell ; Karl A. Racine , Attorney General; Public Advocacy Division, Washington, D.C.; Turner H. Smith , Deputy Chief; Matthew Ireland , Assistant Attorney General; Maura Healey , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Environmental Protection Division, Boston, Massachusetts; Donald D. Anderson , Deputy Attorney General; David C. Grandis , Chief, Environmental Section; Mark R. Herring , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia; for Amici Curiae States of Washington, Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Vermont, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealths of Massachusetts and Virginia.

Before: Paul J. Watford and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges, and Carol Bagley Amon, District Judge.