Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch successfully represented pro bono client San Diego Armed Services YMCA against litigation that threatened to shut down the annual fireworks display on the San Diego bayfront.
The Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation claimed that any fireworks displays over water require a permit and California Environmental Quality Act analysis. In late June, the Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation filed complaints against the city of San Diego, alleging their La Jolla fireworks display would violate state environmental law. The same day, the group threatened the same for the San Diego Bay Independence Day fireworks display.
The Procopio team that represented San Diego Armed Services YMCA included partner Robert G. Russell, senior counsel Walter E. Rusinek and associate Kevin M. Davis. Procopio partner John J. Lormon led the team.
Latham & Watkins attorney Bob Howard successfully represented the La Jolla Community Fireworks Foundation in its case on a pro bono basis. A San Diego Superior Court judge last week denied the environmental group's temporary restraining order seeking to halt the Fourth of July fireworks show in La Jolla. The judge ruled there was insufficient evidence of irreparable injury to the environment.