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City and County of San Francisco v. Coyne, A118222

Judgment awarding defendants just compensation for real property taken by plaintiff-city and barring defendant's claim for lost business goodwill for multi-unit residential and commercial complex planned for the site is affirmed where the trial court correctly determined that defendants had no ongoing business located on the undeveloped parcel taken, a necessary predicate for recovery of lost goodwill.

Appellate Information

  • Decided 12/05/2008
  • Published 12/05/2008

Judges

  • SIMONS, P.J.

Court

  • California Court of Appeal

Counsel

  • For Appellees:
  • Dennis J. Herrera, City Attorney, Kristen A. Jensen, Thomas S. Lakritz and Christine Van Aken, Deputy City Attorneys for Plaintiff and Respondent., Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass, LLP, Jonathan R. Bass and Howard A. Slavitt, San Francisco, for Defendants and Appellants.
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