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Turlock Irrigation Dist. v. Zanker

A court affirms a lower court decision that water districts have an obligation to provide treated water to a town for domestic and other needs but that the cost of treatment may be passed along to the consumer. The water districts' obligation to provide domestic water supply can be found in the lang...

Save Our Neighborhood v. Lishman

A court reverses a lower court decision denying a petition challenging a city's approval of a construction project for a hotel, gas station, and convenience store complex. The city's reliance on an addendum to a mitigated negative declaration for the project, instead of independent environmental rev...

Schneider v. California Coastal Comm'n

A court holds that the state legislature has not recognized an ocean boater's "right to a view" of the coastline as a factor in regulating development. Consequently, the California Coastal Commission erred in imposing special conditions on a developer's permit to build a residence and must rehear th...

Big Creek Lumber Co. v. Santa Cruz, County of

The court holds that the California Timberland Productivity Act of 1982 (TPA) and general state forestry law do not preempt two county zoning ordinances relating to the permissible locations for timber operations. One ordinance restricts timber harvesting to specified zone districts within the count...

Eadie v. Town Bd. of N. Greenbush

A court upholds the dismissal of residents' state- and local-law claims challenging the rezoning of a large area of land for retail development. The rezoning does not require a three-fourths majority vote of the town board because the residents' protest petition that sought to require a supermajorit...

San Diego, County of v. Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College Dist.

A court reverses a lower court decision denying a petition challenging a community college district's approval of a large construction and remodeling project. The district prejudicially abused its discretion by certifying a final environmental impact report (EIR), adopting a statement of overriding ...

Employers Ins. Co. of Wausau v. Travelers Indem. Co.

A court upholds a declaratory judgment requiring the defendant insurance company to contribute to a second insurance company's cost of defending a manufacturing plant that both companies insured. The defendant previously entered into a settlement agreement with the plant that released it from any ob...

Save Our Carmel River v. Monterey Peninsula Water Management Dist.

A court orders a city and a water district to reverse their approval of a water credit transfer. The water credit transfer in this case is a "project" within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The city and district therefore argue that it was exempt from CEQA under the c...

Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency v. Amrhen

An appellate court upholds a local water agency ordinance that increases the groundwater augmentation fee to be charged to operators of wells within its jurisdiction. None of the agency board members voting for the augmentation charge had a disqualifying financial interest in approving the ordinance...

Ortega Rock Quarry v. Golden Eagle Ins. Corp.

An appellate court holds that an insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify a company in underlying actions concerning its unauthorized discharge of fill material into a creek. The discharges occurred after the company placed fill dirt along a road so that it could access a quarry. As a result of th...