Sierra Club v. Chevron

834 F.2d 1517 27 ERC 1001 , 56 USLW 2397 , 18 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,237 SIERRA CLUB, a California non-profit corporation, Plaintiff/Appellant/Cross- Appellee, v. CHEVRON U.S.A., INC., a California corporation, Defendant/Appellee/Cross- Appellant. Nos. 86-6287, 86-6288. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 9, 1987. Decided Dec. 29, 1987. Deborah S. Reames and Michael R. Sherwood, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Inc., San Francisco, Cal., for Sierra Club, for plaintiff/appellant/cross-appellee. Sarah G. Flanagan, San Francisco, Cal., for Chevron, U.S.A., Inc., for defendant/appellee/cross-appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, PREGERSON and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. PREGERSON, Circuit Judge: 1 The Sierra Club filed a citizen enforcement action against Chevron U.S.A. Inc. ("Chevron") alleging that Chevron's El Segundo, California refinery repeatedly violated the terms of its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ("NPDES") permit. Chevron filed a motion for summary judgment, contending that some of Sierra Club's claims were barred by California's three-year…