Lockyer v. Mirant Corp.

398 F.3d 1098 Bill LOCKYER, Attorney General of the State of California; The State of California, ex rel, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Department of Water Resources, Plaintiff, v. MIRANT CORPORATION; Mirant Americas, Inc.; Mirant California Investments, Inc.; Mirant California, L.L.C.; Mirant Americas Energy Marketing LP; Mirant Delta, L.L.C.; Mirant Potrero, L.L.C., Defendants-Appellees. No. 04-15024. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted September 14, 2004. Filed February 10, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Thomas Greene, Ken Alex, Damon M. Connolly, Paul Stein, Catherine A. Jackson, and Tamar Pachter (argued), Office of the California Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Bryan A. Merryman, Robert P. Pongetti, and John A. Sturgeon, White & Case, Los Angeles, CA; Robert B. Pringle (argued), Thelen Reid & Priest, San Francisco, CA, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; Vaughn R. Walker, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-02-01787-VRW. Before: William A. FLETCHER, FISHER, Circuit Judges, and WINMILL, * District Judge. WILLIAM A.…