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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

AIR-CONDITIONING AND ) No. 2:02-CV-02437-WBS-EFB 

REFRIGERATION INSTITUTE, et al., ) 

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Plaintiffs-Respondents, ) ORDER 

 ) VACATING INJUNCTION, 

v. ) DISMISSING COMPLAINT, 

 ) AND ENTERING JUDGMENT 

ENERGY RESOURCES ) FOR DEFENDANTS 

CONSERVATION AND ) 

DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, ) 

et al., ) 

 ) 

Defendants-Appellants. ) 

_________________________________ ) 

This Court entered an injunction permanently enjoining the California 

Energy Commission from enforcing certain regulations in Title 20, Sections 1606 - 

1608, of the California Code of Regulations, on the ground that those regulations 

were preempted by federal law. (“Memorandum and Order,” June 11, 2003, as 

modified by “Errata,” June 23, 2003.) In the Ninth Circuit, the injunction was 

vacated, the decision finding the regulations preempted was reversed, and the 

cause was remanded to this Court for further proceedings consistent with the Ninth 

Circuit’s opinion. 410 F.3d 492, 505 (9th Cir. 2005); cert. denied, __ U.S. __, 126 

S.Ct. 2887 (2006). 

In light of the Ninth Circuit’s opinion, the parties have agreed on, and this 

Court finds good cause for, the following actions 

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the injunction entered on June 11, 2003 and modified on June 23, 2003 is 

permanently vacated as of September 12, 2006; 

the Energy Commission shall enforce the data-submittal regulations (i.e., 

Section 1606 and the related provisions of Section 1608) as to those units 

manufactured on or after March 12, 2007, and shall enforce the marking 

regulations (i.e., Section 1607 and the related provisions of Section 1608) as 

to those units manufactured on or after September 17, 2007; 

the Energy Commission shall begin a rulemaking as soon as possible to 

implement the changes, and consider the issues, described in Appendix A to 

the parties’ Joint Status Conference Statement (August 28, 2006); if the 

changes have not taken effect by the date the CEC begins enforcing the datasubmittal regulations (March 12, 2007), the CEC shall not enforce the 

regulations as to those items; 

Counts 1, 2, and 3, and Count 8 to the extent that it does not deal with the 

definition of “new construction,” are dismissed with prejudice; 

Counts 4, 5, and 6 are dismissed as moot (see “Memorandum and Order,” 

p. 6, June 11, 2003, as modified by “Errata,” June 23, 2003); 

Count 7, and Count 8 to the extent that it deals with the definition of “new 

construction” have already been dismissed (“Voluntary Stipulation of 

Dismissal Concerning Counts 7 and 8,” June 27, 2003); and 

Judgment is entered for Defendants. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 8, 2006 

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