Court Decisions - Decisions on Appeal from Director or Disciplinary Review Committee Decisions Upholding County Administrative Actions

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The county agricultural commissioner's office, as the primary county agency who enforces both agricultural and structural pesticide use violations, levies administrative fines for those violations. The company or individual fined can appeal to the Director (agricultural violations) or to the Disciplinary Review Committee (structural). If the Director or the Disciplinary Review Committee uphold the county action, it can be appealed through the court system. The following are final court decisions in those appeals.

• City of Antioch v. Department of Pesticide Regulation, PDF (242 kb) Superior Court decision (May 24, 2018)
• Raj Kumar Sharma v. Department of Pesticide Regulation, PDF (169 kb) Superior Court decision (August 14, 2012)
• Olson v. Department of Pesticide Regulation, PDF (120 kb), Superior Court decision (tentative ruling adopted July 18, 2008)
  • 5th Appellate District decision, PDF (198 kb) (August 19, 2009)
• Patterson v. Department of Pesticide Regulation, PDF (230 kb) Superior Court decision (November 28, 2006)
  • 5th Appellate District decision, PDF (2.9 mb) (March 27, 2008)
• Trinkle v. Department of Pesticide Regulation. PDF (221 kb) Superior Court decision (May 4, 2004)
  • 5th Appellate District decision, PDF (320 kb) (December 9, 2004)

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