BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//No Coal in Oakland - ECPv6.3.4//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:No Coal in Oakland X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://nocoalinoakland.info X-WR-CALDESC:Events for No Coal in Oakland REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170420T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170420T130000 DTSTAMP:20240328T174709 CREATED:20170324T001114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170325T200331Z UID:1303-1492682400-1492693200@nocoalinoakland.info SUMMARY:Court Hearing on Motions to Dismiss Tagami Lawsuit DESCRIPTION:United States District Court Judge Vince Chhabria \nOn April 20\, Judge Vince Chhabria will hold the first important hearing in the lawsuit Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal LLC v. City of Oakland\, developer Phil Tagami’s attempt to overturn the City’s ban on coal storage and handling at the future West Gateway marine terminal. \nThe Court will hear several motions.  Of great importance to No Coal in Oakland is a motion by Sierra Club and San Francisco Baykeeper to be accepted as “intervenors” in the lawsuit. The environmental groups seek formal “intervenor” status so that they can participate as full parties in the courtroom effort to defeat Tagami’s lawsuit\, thus helping the City defeat the lawsuit. Not surprisingly\, Tagami’s lawyers have asked the Court to deny the motion. \nSecond\, the Court has before it two motions to dismiss the lawsuit–one motion filed by the City of Oakland seeking dismissal of Tagami’s claim for breach of contract and a second motion filed by the Sierra Club and Baykeeper seeking dismissal of Tagami’s claim that his constitutional rights were violated by the City’s ban because it discriminated against out of state commercial interests and unduly burdened interstate commerce. \nIf the City’s and the environmental groups’ motions are granted\, the case will be considerably narrowed\, which makes it easier to defend. \nNo Coal in Oakland will be there!  This is a great opportunity to observe the Court in action and get insight into how the Court views the first major motions to defend the City’s ban on coal.  The hearing may also shed light on whether the Court will allow the wide open discovery (depositions\, document requests\, etc.) that Tagami’s lawyers seek. \nJudge Chhabria usually comes to Court with an idea how he intends to rule the motions before him which he then invites the parties to debate. \nAllow extra time for getting through security.  Take an elevator to the 17th Floor\, Courtroom 4.  Judge Chhabria will expect silence in his courtroom. URL:https://nocoalinoakland.info/event/court-hearing-on-motions-to-dismiss-tagami-lawsuit/ LOCATION:United States Courthouse/Federal Building – SF\, 450 Golden Gate Avenue\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR