City Of Martinez v. Texaco Trading & Transportation, Inc.

353 F.3d 758 CITY OF MARTINEZ, a municipal corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TEXACO TRADING & TRANSPORTATION, INC., a Delaware corporation; Equilon Pipeline Co., LLC, a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 02-16436. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted October 8, 2003 — San Francisco, California. Filed December 24, 2003. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED John D. Hoffman (argued), Ellman, Burke, Hoffman & Johnson, San Francisco, California, for the plaintiff-appellant. John R. Reese (argued), Bingham McCutchin, LLP, San Francisco, California, for the defendants-appellees. Stephan C. Volker, Law Offices of Stephan C. Volker, Oakland, California, for Amici Curiae Sierra Club, Golden Gate Audubon Society and Marin Audubon Society. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; Claudia Wilken, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-00-04716-CW. Before: Michael Daly HAWKINS, Sidney R. THOMAS, and Richard R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges. OPINION MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge. 1 The City of Martinez, California ("the City") appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of…