California Supreme Court,
Environmental & Energy
Mar. 2, 2015
Environment on the justices' minds
The California Supreme Court's recent focus on environmental cases is unprecedented in the court's history.
Richard M. Frank
Professor of Environmental Practice
UC Davis School of Law
Richard is director of the California Environmental Law & Policy Center at the UC Davis School of Law.
This is a time of remarkable transition for a heretofore-stable institution: the California Supreme Court. The two newest justices joined the court just weeks ago, a third has served on the court for only 3 1/2 years, and Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye celebrated just her fourth anniversary at leader of the Supreme Court and the California judiciary.
That transition is of particular interest to environmental attorneys and policymakers for two reasons. First, none of these four ...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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