A property owner who claimed that the San Diego County Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan resulted in a taking of property sued the wrong agencies , the Fourth District Court of Appeal has ruled.

Legal Briefs: Oct 15, 2017

Appellate case upholds CEQA exemption for condo project.

A California Supreme Court decision seemed to upend a major provision of Proposition 13 and its companion laws. Exuberant as it is, that analysis is misguided.

Cal Supremes distinguish between "local government" and "voters".

Among other things, a 10-slide powerpoint isn't an LRDP.

State railroads -- like the High-Speed Rail project -- are not pre-empted by federal railroad law.

Justices overturn lower court but can't say what adequate GHG analysis would be in the future.

In a blow to the Pacific Legal Foundation, the California Supreme Court rules that Encinitas landowners can't simultaneously sue and build.

Restricting chain stores via initiative isn't as easy as it looks.

In a new case from San Diego, the Fourth District says yes, overturning a judge who overturned the City Council.

Revised project on campus was a modification -- not a new project -- but First District rules that supplemental EIR was not sufficient.