Chevron Usa, Inc. v. Bronster

363 F.3d 846 CHEVRON USA, INC., a Pennsylvania Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Margery S. BRONSTER, Attorney General of the State of Hawaii, Defendant, and Linda Lingle, Governor of the State of Hawaii; Mark J. Bennett, Attorney General of the State of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellants. No. 02-15867. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted November 10, 2003. Filed April 1, 2004. As Amended April 15, 2004. Robert G. Dreher, Special Deputy Attorney General, Troutman Sanders LLP, Washington, D.C., for the defendants-appellants. Craig E. Stewart, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Francisco, California, for the plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Susan Oki Mollway, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-97-00933-SOM. Before: D.W. NELSON, BEEZER, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges. BEEZER, Circuit Judge: 1 Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle ("Hawaii") appeals the district court's holding on remand that Section 3(c) of Act 257 of the 1997 Hawaii State Legislature ("Act 257" or "the Act") effects a regulatory taking in violation of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Chevron USA,…