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Nature of Suit Code: 950
Nature of Suit: Constitutionality of State Statutes
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Constitutionality of State Statute(s)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA; GAVIN 

C. NEWSOM, in his official 

capacity as Governor of the 

State of California; THE 

CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD; 

MARY D. NICHOLS, in her official 

capacity as Chair of the 

California Air Resources Board 

and as Vice Chair and a board 

member of the Western Climate 

Initiative, Inc.; WESTERN 

CLIMATE INITIATIVE, INC.; JARED 

BLUMENFELD, in his official 

capacity as Secretary for 

Environmental Protection and as 

a board member of the Western 

Climate Initiative, Inc.; KIP 

LIPPER, in his official capacity 

as a board member of the Western 

Climate Initiative, Inc., and 

RICHARD BLOOM, in his official 

capacity as a board member of 

the Western Climate Initiative, 

Inc.,

Defendants.

No. 2:19-cv-02142 WBS EFB

ORDER

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Plaintiff United States of America brought this action 

against defendant State of California and other related 

individuals and entities alleging California’s cap-and-trade 

program violates, inter alia, the Treaty Clause and the Compact 

Clause of the United States Constitution. (First Am. Compl. 

(“FAC”) (Docket No. 7).) Presently before the court are two 

unopposed motions to intervene as defendants: the first, filed by 

the Environmental Defense Fund (“EDF”) and Natural Resources 

Defense Council (“NRDC”), (Docket No. 23), and the second filed 

by the International Emissions Trading Association (“IETA”)

(Docket No. 27).).

Having considered both motions and the statements of 

non-opposition filed by the existing parties (see Docket Nos. 31-

34) the court will grant both motions. 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the motions of EDF and 

NRDC (Docket No. 23) and IETA (Docket No. 27) to intervene as 

defendants in this action be, and the same thereby are, GRANTED, 

without prejudice to the right of the United States to object to 

any intervening defendant’s Article III standing in this action. 

The hearing set for January 27, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. is VACATED.

Dated: January 14, 2020

 

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