EBBETTS PASS FOREST WATCH v. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORE AND FIRE PRO. Part. I
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1698443-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> <html ><br /> <head><br /> <title>EBBETTS PASS FOREST WATCH v</title><br /> </head><br /> <body><br /> <div><br /> <br/><b >EBBETTS PASS FOREST WATCH v. CALIFORNIA<br /> DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION</b><br /> <br/><b<br /> > </b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Filed<br /> 8/10/10<br /> <br/><b ><u> </u></b><br /> <br/><b ><u> </u></b><br /> <br/><b ><u> </u></b><br /> <br/><b ><u> </u></b><br /> <br/><b ><u> </u></b><br /> <br/><b ><u> </u></b><br /> <br/><b ><u> </u></b><br /> <br/><b ><u>CERTIFIED<br /> FOR PUBLICATION</u></b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA<br /> <br/>FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT<br /> <br/> <br /> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0<br /> ><br /> <tr ><br /> <td width=360 valign=top ><br /> <br/>EBBETTS PASS FOREST WATCH et<br /> al.,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Plaintiffs and<br /> Appellants,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> v.<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF<br /> FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> Defendant and Respondent;<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Real Party in<br /> Interest and Respondent.<br /> <br/> <br /> </td><br /> <td width=274 valign=top ><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>F058062<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>(Super.<br /> Ct. No. CV48910)<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b<br /> >OPINION</b><br /> <br/> <br /> </td><br /> </tr><br /> </table><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> APPEAL from<br /> a judgment of the Superior Court of Tuolumne<br /> County. James A. Boscoe, Judge.<br /> <br/> Lippe<br /> Gaffney Wagner, Thomas N. Lippe and John H. Curran for Plaintiffs and<br /> Appellants.<br /> <br/> Edmund G.<br /> Brown, Jr., Attorney General, and William Jenkins, Deputy Attorney General, for<br /> Defendant and Respondent.<br /> <br/> Morrison<br /> & Foerster, Edgar B. Washburn and William M. Sloan for Real Party in<br /> Interest and Respondent.<br /> <br/><b >-ooOoo-</b><br /> <br/><b >SEE DISSENTING OPINION</b><br /> <br/>This<br /> case presents the issue of what constitutes a â€