In an interlocutory appeal from the denial of class certification concerning a tort action for toxic dump, judgment of the district court is affirmed where it did not abuse its discretion in refusing to certify a medical monitoring class under either Rule 23(b)(2) or...
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Coalition for a Sustainable Future in Yucaipa v. City of Yucaipa
In an appeal from a judgment of the trial court denying appellant-coalition's petition for a writ of mandate which sought to vacate a project approval on the grounds that the project conflicted with affordable housing requirements and that the approval failed to...
City of Palmdale v. Palmdale Water District
In an appeal from a judgment of the trial court finding that defendant had adopted a new water rate structure consistent with the constitutional requirements of Proposition 218, judgment is reversed where defendant failed to satisfy its burden to establish that its...
Tafti v. County of Tulare
In an appeal from a judgment of the trial court denying appellant's petition for a writ of mandate in which he challenged the validity of $1,148,200 in civil penalties imposed against him by Respondents for violations of laws relating to underground gasoline storage...
Southern California Edison Co. v. US
In a dispute involving the proper measure of damages related to the handling of spent nuclear fuels produced at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, judgment of the trial court is affirmed where certain indirect overhead costs incurred by plaintiff can be included...
Voices of the Wetlands v. State Water Resources Control Bd.
In a dispute arising from an administrative mandamus proceeding challenging defendant's issuance of a cooling water intake permit to real-parties-in-interest, judgment of the trial court is affirmed where: 1) it had jurisdiction over mandamus action; 2) it properly...
Ames v. Public Utilities Commission
In a Public Utilities Code section 454.5(b)(9)(C) dispute challenging the defendant's approval of certain budget proposals by real parties in interest, decisions of the defendant are affirmed where it acted according to law and the findings in the decisions are...
Ames v. Public Utilities Commission (S. California Edison Co.)
In a petition for review of decisions concerning aspects of a utility rate approval process on the ground that the defendant erred by approving certain revenue allocation and rate design settlement agreements submitted by real party in interest, decisions of the...
The Ponderosa Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities Commission
In a challenge to defendant's allocation of certain share proceeds to the ratepayers, determination of the defendant is reversed where it erred in allocating both purchased share proceeds and the patronage share proceeds to the ratepayers.
National Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. South Coast Air Quality Management District
In a Clean Air Act dispute, 42 U.S.C. section 7409(a), arising from a charge that defendant, pursuant to Sections 7503(a)(1)(A) and 7503(c), deposited invalid credits into its offset accounts and continues to distribute these credits, judgment of the district court...