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Public Watchdogs v. Southern California Edison Co.

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / California
Year
2019
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
Public Watchdogs v. Southern California Edison Co.

About this case

Filing year
2019
Status
Dismissal with prejudice affirmed.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → California
Docket number
19-56531
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)
Case category
Adaptation (US) → Actions seeking adaptation measures (US)
Principal law
United States → Administrative Procedure Act (APA)United States → State Law–Strict LiabilityUnited States → State Law—Nuisance
At issue
Challenge to decommissioning plan for nuclear generating station in California based in part on climate change risks.
Topics
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Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics 
Beta
12/29/2020
Dismissal with prejudice affirmed.
Decision
04/13/2020
Reply brief filed by plaintiff-appellant.
Reply
03/31/2020
Answering brief filed by appellee U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brief
03/31/2020
Answering brief filed by appellees Southern California Edison Co. et al.
Brief
02/10/2020
Opening brief filed by appellant Public Watchdogs.
Brief

Summary

Challenge to decommissioning plan for nuclear generating station in California based in part on climate change risks.

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Group
Topics
Policy instrument
Risk
Impacted group
Just transition
Renewable energy
Fossil fuel
Greenhouse gas
Economic sector
Adaptation/resilience
Finance