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KEY DATES IN OUR CASE

2013

1/16/12 – CCTA files a Notice to Appeal with the 9th Circuit Court. View Appeal

2012

12/19/12 – Judges England renders decision. Does not address any elements of our complaint but instead states that “it cannot retain jurisdiction over this action in light of EPA’s approval of the Truck and Bus Regulation as part of California’s SIP”. EPA is now considered an indispensable party to our litigation. icon View Decision (130.3 kB 2013-01-17 15:57:28). 

9/6/12 – Final hearing on our request for relief under the Supremacy Clause (decision pending shortly).

7/19/12 – Court orders second round of supplemental briefing, at issue is whether EPA’s SIP adoption makes it an indispensable party

5/31/12 – Court orders supplemental briefs regarding EPA adoption of the SIP (Supplemental briefing completed by 7/12/12)

5/21/12 – Court orders on its own motion the case is stayed indefinitely (MSJ still pending)

2/8/12 – Eve of hearing on MSJ, matter ordered submitted without oral argument

1/30/12 – Order denying preliminary injunction

1/18/12 – Hearing on Summary Judgment continued to 2/9/12

2011

12/15/11 – Hearing on preliminary injunction

11/15/11 – CDTOA Motion for preliminary injunction (a secondary lawsuit)

7/5/11 – CDTOA Motion for Summary Judgment (MSJ); Hearing originally set for 9/6/11, but continued to 1/26/12 to permit discovery

5/23/11 – NRDC Motion to Intervene Granted

2/11/11 – Complaint filed in Federal Court, Eastern District of California

KEY DECISIONS IN OUR CASE

Filed January 30, 2012
Order Denying Injuction

Filed July 5, 2011
Motion for Summary Judgment

Filed March 1, 2011
First Amended Complaint

OTHER RELATED LEGAL CASES

Filed February 22, 2013
icon CCTA Amicus in Suppot of ATA v. LA Ports (130.38 kB 2013-03-14 11:57:58)

Filed February 2013
icon CTTA Amicus Lawsuits Dan City Tow v Pelkey (251.8 kB 2013-03-15 07:47:24)

Link to Supreme Court Case Site

PRESS RELEASE 

 

Truckers Will Continue Legal Battle against CARB and U.S. EPA

UPLAND, Calif., Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California Construction Trucking Association (CCTA) has filed a Notice of Appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in its nearly two-year-long legal case against the California Air Resources Board's (CARB) heavy-duty, on-road truck and bus regulation (CDTOA v. CARB, Case No. 2:11-CV-00384-MCE-GGH).
 
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PR Newswire (http://s.tt/1yNGp)

 

Why We Should Continue to Fight

(1-28-13)

Based on the December 19th decision from the U.S. Circuit Court in our case “CDTOA(CCTA) v. CARB” (22 months after we filed our original suit), we now have to include the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a defendant if we choose to appeal our case. EPA approved the California Air Resources Board (CARB) state implementation plan (SIP) during our suit and it apparently changes the dynamics of the case – that’s at least what the judge said.

We’ve discussed various legal strategies with our attorneys and, on January 10, 2013, told them to proceed and file the Notice of Appeal with the 9th Circuit Court in our legal action against the CARB heavy-duty on-road truck and bus regulation. The Notice of Appeal was officially filed on January 16. 

icon Why We Should Continue to Fight (91.11 kB 2013-01-28 13:57:46)

From CTN Magazine Updates

 

January 1, 2013 - Executive Director Article

Judge’s Decision Ignores Simple Supremacy Clause Question

I was on the cusp of finishing my January managers’ report just before the Christmas weekend and something happened, so instead of cancelling most of my report, I decided to share it with you. I was going to begin it like this: 

“After 23-months we still have no decision in our case against CARB. September 6th was the last hearing date (this one caused by EPA’s politically-timed acceptance of CARB’s state implantation plan (SIP)). At that hearing, Judge England said he would have a decision out ‘shortly.’ The word ‘shortly’ surely doesn’t mean the same to all of us. Impatient with the delay, we sent an appeal letter to the court on November 15 asking for a decision.”

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 December 1, 2012 - Executive Director Article

Going on 22-months and still no decision

After the final hearing in early September, U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr., said that he would, “have a decision
shortly”. Later that day, Joe R. bet me that this was a “political” decision and we would not have it prior to the November 6 election – I took the bet and lost. It cost me $20.

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 November 1, 2012 - Executive Director Article

Going on 21-months and still no decision

After the final hearing in early September, Judge England said that he would, “have a decision shortly”. Later that day, Joe R. bet me that this was a “political” decision and we would not have it prior to the November 6 election – strangely I took the bet. It appears to now be a “suckers bet”, as the decision delay is proving very problematic and political to the judge who claims to be a Republican deciding on an extreme liberal Democratic environmental issue. Hmmm…….bye, bye 20-bucks!

I wonder when our Constitution became so subverted in politics that even the local federal court system finds work-arounds and delays. The public health science community (and UC school system) has undermined the scientific integrity in this field of science, why not the political system too.

You can all look for us and this case before the 9th Circuit  Court of Appeals which incidentally is over-turned 75% of the time – thank God! We’ll be there next if we ever get a decision – probably November 7 Haa!

 October 2012 - Executive Director Article

Going on 20-months and still no decision.

CalChamber’s Final Tally on Job Killer Bills:

Governor Vetoes Two; Signs Two into Law

Gov. Brown concluded his work on legislation over the last weekend in September, vetoing two more CalChamber member-opposed "job killer" bills in addition to signing two job killer bills into law. A total of four job killers ultimately made it to the Governor’s desk from the 32 that were identified for 2012.

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 September 2012 - Executive Director Article

On Thursday, September 6, 2012, we finally had our hopefully “last” hearing in this phase of our lawsuit against CARB in front of U.S. District Court Judge Morrison England, Jr. in Sacramento. The hearing was delayed several times due to the judge’s repeated requests for supplemental briefing from the parties.

At the hearing, the defendants fielded three attorneys: a Deputy Attorney General from the state Department of Justice, the CARB General Counsel, and a high-profile lawyer from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Interestingly, the attorney from the NRDC, Melissa Lin Perrella, spoke 90% of time; counsel from the AG’s office 10% and the lawyer from CARB said nothing. Clearly, the NRDC is running this show for the opposition.

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PLF Case Update - September 2012

Our petition for hearing on CARB’s waiver application for non-road diesel engines was approved in part and denied in part. EPA agreed to hold a hearing on September 20, 2012, but it will be in Washington, D.C., not in Sacramento, as we had requested.

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 August 2012 - Executive Director Article

The latest developments in our lawsuit against the CARB On-Road Truck and Bus Rule is more evidence that we are truly fighting a multi-headed monster. We have taken on CARB and the State of California, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) quickly intervened in the case against us, and now the court seems to be on the verge of inviting the U.S. EPA to join in the case.

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PLF Case Updates - August 2012

In late July, EPA held a hearing in Sacramento regarding the proposed particulate matter standard, at which members of CCTA and others presented testimony regarding the devastating effects those regulations could have on the trucking industry in California. A substantial number of eminent scientists testified at the hearings, stating that the regulations were unnecessary and were based on faulty science.

Ted Hadzi-Antich of Pacific Legal Foundation reports that the D.C. Circuit Appeals Court has rejected numerous challenges to EPA’s finding that greenhouse gases harm human health and welfare. Pacific Legal Foundation and others plan to appeal the decision.

 

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