========================================== COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT ==========================================

CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,

Case No. Co75930

v. CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD, et al.,

Defendants and Respondents,

Sacramento County No. 34201280001313 CUWMGDS

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS, Intervener and Appellant; Hon. Timothy M. Frawley

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, et al., Interveners and Respondents.

Case No. Co75954 MORNING STAR PACKING COMPANY, et al.,

Plaintiffs and Appellants, Sacramento County No.34201280001464 CUWMGDS

v. CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD, et al.,

Defendants and Respondents, ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, et al.,

Interveners and Respondents. Hon. Timothy M. Frawley

MOTION FOR CALENDAR PREFERENCE

NIELSEN MERKSAMER PARRINELLO GROSS & LEONI, LLP

~JAMES R. PARRINELLO (SBN 063415) 2350 Kerner Blvd., Suite 250 San Rafael, California 94901 Telephone: (415) 389-6800 Fax: (415) 388-6874 jparrinello@nmgovlaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Appellants CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, et al.

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP Roger R. Martella (pro hac vice) *Paul J. Zidlicky (pro hac vice) Eric McArthur (pro hac vice) 1501 K Street NW Washington, DC 20005 Telephone: (202) 736-8000 Fax: (202) 736-8711 pzidlicky@sidley.com

Attorneys for Intervener & Appellant NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS

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NIELSEN MERKSAMER PARRINELLO GROSS & LEONI, LLP

STEVEN A MERKSAMER (SBN 66838) KURT R ONETO (SBN 248301) 1415 L Street, Suite 1200 Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 446-6752 Fax: (916) 446-6106

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Appellants CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, et al.

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP Sean A Commons (SBN 217603) 555 West Fifth Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 Tel: (213) 896-6600

Attorneys for Intervener & Appellant NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS

Pursuant to California Rule of Court, Rule 8.240, Appellants

California Chamber of Commerce and Larry Dicke, respectfully

request that this appeal be given calendar preference in processing the

case and in setting the date of oral argument.

This Court has discretion to grant calendar preference "on a

non-statutory ground (e.g., economic hardship)." (Advisory

Committee Comment, Rule 8.240.)

The economic hardship is that, until this Court decides this

appeal, California businesses on whose behalf the appeal is brought

will - in order to stay in business - have to spend millions of dollars at

forthcoming ARB cap and trade auctions to purchase, from the State,

GHG emissions allowances that, Appellants assert, are unauthorized

and constitute unconstitutional taxes because they were not approved

by a two-thirds vote of the Legislature. This is a type of economic

hardship contemplated by Rule 8.240 if this Court decides the charges

are unlawful.

The case was fully briefed on May 6, 2015. The auction

regulations, the validity of which are at issue in this litigation, provide

for quarterly auctions with the next set for May 18, 2016.

(http://www.arb.ca.gov/ cc/ capandtrade/ auction/ auction.htm)

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Accordingly, Appellants ask this Court to adopt an expedited

internal schedule for evaluating the appellate briefs and setting the

date of oral argument.

Dated: March 2 er, 2016

Dated: Marcho1q, 2016

Respectfully submitted,

Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni LLP

J~. PARRINELLO Attorneys For Plaintiffs and Appellants California Chamber of Commerce and Larry Dicke

Respectfully submitted,

Sidley Austin LLP

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Cal Chamber v. California Air Resources Board Morning Star v. California Air Resources Board CA Court of Appeal, 3rd Appellate District Case Nos. Co75930 and Co75954

PROOF OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, declare under penalty of perjury that:

I am a citizen of the United States employed in the County of Marin. I am over the age of 18 and not a party to the within cause of action. My business address is 2350 Kerner Blvd., Suite 250, San Rafael, California. I am readily familiar with my employer's practices for collection and processing of correspondence for mailing with the United States Postal Service and for pickup by Federal Express.

On March 29, 2016, I served a true copy of the foregoing MOTION FOR CALENDAR PREFERENCE on the following parties in said action, by serving the parties on the attached "Service List"

_x_ ELECTRONIC SERVICE By submitting an electronic version of the document through the user interface at TrueFiling.com.

Executed in San Rafael, California, on March 29, 2016.

I declare under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct.

Paula Scott

SERVICE LIST

Roger R. Martella (pro hac vice) *Theodore Hadzi-Antich (SBN 264663) *Paul J. Zidlicky (pro hac vice) James S. Burling (SBN 113013) Eric McArthur (pro hac vice) Pacific Legal Foundation Sidley Austin LLP 930 G Street 1501 K Street NW Sacramento, CA 95814 Washington, DC 20005 Tel.: (916) 419-7111 pzidlicky@sidley.com tha@pacificlegal.org

Attorneys for Intervener & Appellant Attorneys for Plaintiffs & Appellants National Association of Manufacturers Morning Star Packing Company, et al.

-x-sean A. Commons (SBN 217603) Robert E. Asperger (SBN 116319) Sidley Austin LLP Deputy Attorney General 555 West Fifth Street 1300 I Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 Sacramento, CA 95814 Tel: (213) 896-6600 Tel. (916) 327-7582 scommons@sidley.com Bob.Asperger@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Intervener & Appellant Attorneys for Defendants & Respondents National Association of Manufacturers California Air Resources Board, et al

-*David A. Zonana (SBN 196029) *Matthew D. Zinn (SBN 214587) M. Elaine Meckenstock (SBN 268861) Joseph D. Petta (SBN 286665) Bryant B. Cannon (SB N 284496) Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, LLP Deputy Attorneys General 396 Hayes Street California Department of Justice 1515 Clay Street, Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94102 P.O. Box 70550 Tel.: (415) 552-7272 Oakland, CA 94612-0550 Zinn@smwlaw.com Tel.: (510) 622-2145 David.Zonana@doj.ca.gov Attorneys for Interveners & Respondents

Attorneys for Defendants & Environmental Defense Fund

Respondents California Air Resources Board, et al.

-x-Erica Morehouse Martin (SBN David Pettit (SBN 067128) 274988) *Alexander L. Jackson (SBN 267099) Timothy J. O'Connor (SBN 250490) Natural Resources Defense Council Environmental Defense Fund 1314 2nd Street 1107 9th Street, Suite 1070 Santa Monica, CA 90401 Sacramento, CA 95814 Tel.: (310) 434-2300 Tel.: (916) 492-4680 ajackson@nrdc.org emorehouse@edf.org

Attorneys for Interveners & Attorneys for Interveners & Respondents Natural Resources Defense Council

Respondents Environmental Defense Fund

Sean H. Donahue Gavin G. McCabe Donahue & Goldberg Office of the Attorney General 2000 L Street, NW, Suite 808 455 Golden Gate, Suite 11000 Washington, DC 20036 San Francisco, CA 94102-3664

Attorneys for Interveners and Attorneys for Defendants and Respondents Respondents Environmental Defense Fund California Air Resources Board, et al.

California Supreme Court Sacramento County Superior Court Clerk of the Court Hon. Timothy M. Frawley 350 McAllister Street 720 Ninth Street San Francisco, CA 94102 Sacramento, CA 95814

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