Opinion

BV Engineering v. University of California

  • 489 U.S. 1090
  • 57 U.S.L.W. 3621
  • 109 S. Ct. 1557
  • 103 L. Ed. 2d 859
  • 1989 U.S. LEXIS 1392
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Mar 20, 1989
Status
Published
Cited by
48 cases
Authority
More cited than 93.7%

describing the University of California and the Board of Regents as instrumentalities of the state

How later courts described this case

  • describing the University of California and the Board of Regents as instrumentalities of the state
  • reviewing a section 404(c) veto decision by the EPA under the arbitrary and capricious standard
  • “ ‘The University of California and the Board of Regents are considered to be instrumentalities of the state,’ Jackson v. Hayakawa, 682 F.2d 1344, 1350 (9th Cir.1982), and therefore enjoy the same immunities as the State of California.”
  • applying arbitrary and capricious standard to EPA's Sec. 404(c) determination

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

C. A. 9th Cir. Motions of Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., et al., Association of American Publishers, Inc., et al., Center for the Protection of Creative Rights, and American Intellectual Property Law Association for leave to file briefs as amici curiae granted. Certiorari denied.

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