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No. S______ (Court of Appeal No. C087071) (Sacramento County Super. Ct. No. JCCP 4853) IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, Respondent, ABAAN ABU-SHUMAYS et al., Real Parties in Interest . From an Order Summarily Denying a Petition for a Writ of Mandate, Prohibition, or Other Appropriate Relief, by the Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District Case No. C087071 PETITION FOR REVIEW KENNETH R. CHIATE (S.B. No. 039554) *KATHLEEN M. SULLIVAN (S.B. No. 242261) KRISTEN BIRD (S.B. No. 192863) DANIEL H. BROMBERG (S.B. No. 242659) JEFFREY N. BOOZELL (S.B. No. 199507) QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP 555 Twin Dolphin Drive, 5th Floor 865 South Figueroa Street, 10th Floor Redwood Shores, CA 94065 Los Angeles, California 90017 Telephone: (650) 801-5000 Telephone: (213) 443-3000 Facsimile: (650) 801-5100 Facsimile: (213) 443-3100 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Petitioner Pacific Gas and Electric Company TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF AUTHORITIES .............................................................................................. 4 ISSUE PRESENTED .......................................................................................................... 8 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 8 STATEMENT OF THE CASE ........................................................................................ 12 A. Factual Background ................................................................................. 12 B. The Superior Court’s Ruling On Inverse Condemnation Liability ...................................................................................................... 13 C. The CPUC’s Decision ............................................................................... 14 D. The Trial Court’s Denial Of PG&E’s Renewed Motion ...................... 15 E. PG&E’s Writ Petition In The Court Of Appeal .................................... 16 REASONS WHY REVIEW SHOULD BE GRANTED ............................................... 17 I. THIS COURT SHOULD RESOLVE THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE DECISIONS OF THE COURT OF APPEAL AND THE CPUC CONCERNING INVERSE CONDEMNATION LIABILITY FOR PRIVATELY OWNED UTILITIES ...................................................................... 17 II. THE PETITION RAISES A QUESTION OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE CALIFORNIA ECONOMY ................................................................ 28 III. ALTERNATIVELY, THE COURT SHOULD GRANT AND TRANSFER TO THE COURT OF APPEAL ..................................................... 36 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................ 37 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE .............................................................................. 38 EXHIBIT A: COURT OF APPEAL ORDER ................................................................. 39 EXHIBIT B: LIST OF REAL PARTIES IN INTEREST (as of April 27, 2018) ........... 42 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page PROOF OF SERVICE ...................................................................................................... 77 3 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Page CASES Action Apartment Assn. v. Santa Monica Rent Control Bd. (9th Cir. 2007) 509 F.3d 1020 ............................................................................. 27 Aetna Life & Casualty Co. v. City of Los Angeles (1985) 170 Cal.App.3d 865 ................................................................................. 20 Albers v. Cnty. of Los Angeles (1965) 62 Cal.2d 250 ...................................................................................... 18, 25 Archer v. City of Los Angeles (1941) 19 Cal.2d 19 .......................................................................................................... 26 Auto. Sprinkler Corp. v. S. Cal. Edison Co. (1989) 216 Cal.App.3d 627 ........................................................................... 24, 25 Barham v. S. Cal. Edison Co. (1999) 74 Cal.App.4th 744 .................. 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 36 Bauer v. Ventura Cnty. (1955) 45 Cal.2d 276 ............................................................................................ 18 Belair v. Riverside Cnty. Flood Control Dist. (1988) 47 Cal.3d 550 ................................................................................ 17, 18, 19 Breidert v. S. Pac. Co. (1964) 61 Cal.2d 659 ............................................................................................ 19 Bunch v. Coachella Valley Water Dist. (1997) 15 Cal.4th 432 ........................................................................................... 18 Customer Co. v. City of Sacramento (1995) 10 Cal.4th 368 ..................................................................................... 17, 18 E. Enters. v. Apfel , (1998) 524 U.S. 498 .............................................................................................. 26 Gay Law Students Assn. v. Pac. Tel. & Tel. Co. (1979) 24 Cal.3d 458 .......................................................................... 20, 23, 24, 26 4 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES (continued) Page Holtz v. Super. Ct. (1970) 3 Cal.3d 296 .......................................................................................... 9, 17 House v. Los Angeles Cnty. Flood Control Dist. (1944) 25 Cal.2d 384 ............................................................................................ 18 Locklin v. City of Lafayette (1994) 7 Cal.4th 327 ............................................................................................. 17 Marshall v. Dep’t of Water & Power (1990) 219 Cal.App.3d 1124 ............................................................................... 20 Pac. Bell Tel. Co. v. S. Cal. Edison Co. (2012) 208 Cal.App.4th 1400 .................... 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26, 36 Pac. Tel. & Tel. Co. v. City of Los Angeles (1955) 44 Cal.2d 272 ............................................................................................ 12 Pasillas v. Agric. Labor Relations Bd. (1984) 156 Cal.App.3d 312 ................................................................................. 25 San Diego Cnty. Emps. Retirement Assn. v. Cnty of San Diego (2007) 151 Cal.App.4th 1163 .............................................................................. 16 Sinaloa Lake Owners Assn. v. City of Simi Valley (9th Cir. 1989) 864 F.2d 1475 ............................................................................. 27 In re S. Cal. Edison (1990) 37 CPUC.2d 488 ....................................................................................... 23 State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Campbell (2003) 538 U.S. 408 .............................................................................................. 27 Talbott v. Turlock Irr. Dist. (1933) 217 Cal. 504 .............................................................................................. 19 STATUTORY AUTHORITIES Civ. Code, § 1431 ............................................................................................................. 18 Gov’t Code, § 811.2 ......................................................................................................... 25 Pub. Util. Code, §§ 701 –853 ........................................................................................... 12 Pub. Util. Code, § 1001 ................................................................................................... 12 5 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES (continued) Page Pub. Util. Code, § 1002 ................................................................................................... 12 Pub. Util. Code, § 2101 ................................................................................................... 12 CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITIES Cal. Const., art. I, § 19 ................................................................................................. 9, 17 Cal. Const., art. XII, § 3 ................................................................................................... 12 Cal. Const., art. XII, § 6 ................................................................................................... 12 U.S. Const., amend. V..................................................................................................... 26 U.S. Const., amend. XIV ................................................................................................ 26 ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES Jonathan Arnold, CPUC Denies SDG&E Wildfire Recovery; Notes “Incorrect Premise” of IC Doctrine (Nov. 30, 2017) ............................................................. 29 Cal. Dep’t of Forestry & Fire Prot., Top 20 Most Destructive California Wildfires , CA.gov (Jan. 12, 2018) ........................................................................ 35 Cal. Energy Comm’n, Tracking Progress (Dec. 2017) ............................................... 29 Tani Cantil-Sakauye, C.J., State of the Judiciary Address to a Joint Session of the California Legislature (Mar. 19, 2018) ..................................... 34 Edison International, Annual Report (Form 10-K) (Feb. 22, 2018) .......................... 28 Greg Gordon & Kevin Prior, PCG Has Suspended Dividends, Citing Uncertainty