CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO v. U.S. EPA

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew C. Silton (argued) and Richard S. Davis , Beveridge & Diamond PC, Washington, D.C.; Estie M. Kus and John Roddy , Deputy City Attorneys; Sheryl L. Bregman , Utilities General Counsel; Yvonne R. Meré , Chief Deputy City Attorney; David Chiu , City Attorney; San Francisco City Attorney's Office; City and County of San Francisco; San Francisco, California; for Petitioner.

Elisabeth Carter (argued), Attorney; Todd Kim , Assistant Attorney General; Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice; Washington, D.C.; Peter Z. Ford , Pooja Parikh , and Marcela Von Vacano , Attorneys; United States Environmental Protection Agency; Washington, D.C.; for Respondent.

David Chung and Elizabeth B. Dawson , Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C.; Hilary Meltzer , Assistant Corporation Counsel; Georgia M. Pestana , Corporation Counsel of the City of New York; New York City Law Department; New York, New York; Roberta L. Larson , Somach Simmons & Dunn, Sacramento, California; for Amici Curiae National Association of Clean Water Agencies, California Association of Sanitation Agencies, Louisville/Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District, and City of New York.

Marc N. Melnick and Daniel S. Harris , Deputy Attorneys General; Annadel A. Almendras and Myung J. Park , Supervising Deputy Attorneys General; Robert W. Byrne , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Office of the California Attorney General; Oakland, California; for Amicus Curiae California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region.

James N. Saul , Earthrise Law Center at Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, Oregon, for Amici Curiae Law Professors.

Opinion by Judge W. Fletcher; Dissent by Judge Collins.