State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Sierra Club v. County of Napa

Decided August 6, 2004. William Stein wrote the opinion for the court.

19 Cal. Rptr. 3d 1 · Cited 55 times

Official text

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

San Franciscans Upholding the Downtown Plan v. City & County of San Francisco · 125 Cal. Rptr. 2d 745
Laurel Heights Improvement Ass'n of San Francisco, Inc. v. Regents of University of California · 764 P.2d 278
Citizens of Goleta Valley v. Board of Supervisors · 801 P.2d 1161
Save Our Peninsula Committee v. Monterey County Board of Supervisors · 104 Cal. Rptr. 2d 326
Defend the Bay v. City of Irvine · 15 Cal. Rptr. 3d 176
ASS'N OF IRRITATED RESIDENTS v. County of Madera · 133 Cal. Rptr. 2d 718
Mountain Lion Coalition v. Fish & Game Commission · 214 Cal. App. 3d 1043
Sequoyah Hills Homeowners Ass'n v. City of Oakland · 23 Cal. App. 4th 704
Protect the Historic Amador Waterways v. Amador Water Agency · 11 Cal. Rptr. 3d 104
Families Unafraid to Uphold Rural El Dorado County v. Board of Supervisors · 74 Cal. Rptr. 2d 1
Corona-Norco Unified School District v. City of Corona · 17 Cal. App. 4th 985
Schoen v. Dept. of Forestry & Fire Protection · 58 Cal. App. 4th 556

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

Clews Land & Livestock, LLC v. City of San Diego · 227 Cal. Rptr. 3d 413
San Francisco Tomorrow v. City & County of San Francisco · 229 Cal. App. 4th 498
California Native Plant Society v. City of Santa Cruz · 177 Cal. App. 4th 957
Sustainability, Parks, Recycling & Wildlife Legal Defense Fund v. San Francisco Bay Conservation & Development Commission · 226 Cal. App. 4th 905
Save Round Valley Alliance v. County of Inyo · 70 Cal. Rptr. 3d 59
Town of Atherton v. California High-Speed Rail Authority · 228 Cal. App. 4th 314
South County Citizens for Smart Growth v. County of Nevada · 221 Cal. App. 4th 316
Save Our Heritage Organisation v. City of San Diego · 237 Cal. App. 4th 163
Douda v. California Coastal Commission · 72 Cal. Rptr. 3d 98
Gray v. County of Madera · 167 Cal. App. 4th 1099
Western Placer Citizens for an Agricultural & Rural Environment v. County of Placer · 50 Cal. Rptr. 3d 799
Citizens Opposing A Dangerous Environment v. County of Kern CA5 · 228 Cal. App. 4th 360
Uphold Our Heritage v. Town of Woodside · 54 Cal. Rptr. 3d 366
Preservation Action Council v. City of San Jose · 46 Cal. Rptr. 3d 902
Jones v. Regents of University of California · 183 Cal. App. 4th 818
Carloss v. County of Alameda · 242 Cal. App. 4th 116
Cnty. of Sonoma v. Gustely · 248 Cal. Rptr. 3d 792
LANDWATCH MONTEREY CO. v. County of Monterey · 55 Cal. Rptr. 3d 34

Explore from here

William Stein’s Judicial Record · Cal. Ct. App. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).