A Summary of Published Appellate Opinions Under the California Environmental Quality Act In 2017, the California Supreme Court issued two decisions involving highly controversial questions of first impression.  In the closely-watched Cleveland National Forest Foundation case, the court reversed the court of appeal's ruling that the EIR for SANDAG's region

A Summary Of Published Appellate Opinions Under The California Environmental Quality Act

A Summary of Published Appellate Opinions Under the California Environmental Quality Act

A Summary of Published Appellate Opinions Under CEQA

 By Stephen Kostka, Julie Jones, Barbara Schussman, Alan Murphy,  Ned Washburn, Laura Zagar, Kathryn Bilder, Christopher Chou and Marie Cooper

A Summary of Published Appellate Opinions Under CEQA By Steve Kostka, Barbara Schussman, Julie Jones, Marc Bruner & Christopher Tom

Introduction While CEQA reform became a hot topic for a few days near the end of the 2012 legislative session -- but then foundered -- the appellate courts continued to issue CEQA decisions at a rapid clip.  As is common in a challenging economy, the courts were generally less receptive to CEQA claims than they are in boom times.