Assoc. of American Railroads v. Randolph

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN No. 2:23-cv-01154-DJC-JDP RAILROADS and AMERICAN SHORT LINE AND REGIONAL RAILROAD

ASSOCIATION,

ORDER Plaintiffs, 14 v. 15 LIANE M. RANDOLPH, in her official capacity as Chair of the California Air Resources Board; STEVEN S. CLIFF, in his official capacity as Executive Officer of the California Air Resources Board; and ROB BONTA, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of California, 19 Defendants, 20 and

EAST YARD COMMUNITIES FOR

ENVIRONMENTA L JUSTICE, PEOPLE’S

COLLECTIVE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL

JUSTICE, and SIERRA CLUB, Defendant-Intervenors.

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28 Plaintiffs, two associations of railroads, seek to enjoin a sweeping emissions

regulation California recently adopted for railroads operating within California. This

regulation falls within overlapping federal preemptive schemes: the Interstate

Commerce Commission Termination Act (“ICCTA”) and the Clean Air Act (“CAA”).

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