Dentsply International, Inc. v. Stratton

92 F.3d 807 65 USLW 2113 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5783 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 9459 COMMITTEE OF DENTAL AMALGAM MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS; Dentsply International, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. James STRATTON, Dr., Interim Director of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment; Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General of the State of California, Defendants-Appellants, and Environmental Law Foundation, Intervenor-Appellant. Nos. 94-56508, 94-56512. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 5, 1996. Decided Aug. 5, 1996. Susan S. Fiering, Deputy Attorney General, Oakland, California, for defendants-appellants. James Wheaton, Environmental Law Foundation, Oakland, California, for intervenor-appellant. Stanley W. Landfair, McKenna & Cuneo, San Diego, California, for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California; Rudi M. Brewster, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-93-01439-RMB. Before: PREGERSON, T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and LYNCH, District Judge. * PREGERSON, Circuit Judge: 1 The defendants, Dr. James Stratton, Acting Director of the California Office of Health Hazard…