SYNGENTA v. PAUL
Filed 4/25/06 Opinion on rehearing
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION THREE
SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PAUL E. HELLIKER, as Director, etc., Defendant and Appellant; GUSTAFSON LLC, Real Party in Interest and Appellant. | B175450 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC253673) |
DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PAUL E. HELLIKER, as Director, etc., Defendant and Appellant. | B175450 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BS078342) |
APPEALS from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Dzintra I. Janavs and Gregory C. O'Brien, Judges. Affirmed in part as modified, and reversed in part with directions.
McKenna Long & Aldridge, Stanley W. Landfair, Joseph F. Butler, Robert S. Schuda, Shannon L. Fagan, Michael J. Stiles and Eric S.C. Lindstrom for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Tom Greene, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary E. Hackenbracht, Assistant Attorney General, William S. Abbey and Todd A. Valdes, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Appellant.
Murchison & Cumming, Edmund G. Farrell III, Gina E. Och; Kessler & Collins, Gary S. Kessler and Daniel P. Callahan for Real Party in Interest and Appellant.
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Our conclusion is consistent with the declaratory judgment construing former Food and Agricultural Code section 12811.5 to mean that the Department â€