Supreme Court of California
Comm. for Green Foothills v. Santa Clara County Bd. of Supervisors, S163680
In mandamus proceedings challenging a county's approval of trail developments by Stanford University, arising from the university's application for a permit to add buildings on its campus in 2000, decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed as the filing of a notice of determination (NOD) triggers a 30-day statute of limitations for all CEQA challenges to the decision announced in the notice, and here, the Committee filed its petition more than 30 days after the County reported its approval of the trails agreement in an NOD.
Appellate Information
- Decided 02/11/2010
- Published 02/11/2010
Judges
- CORRIGAN, J.
Court
- Supreme Court of California
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Wittwer & Parkin, William P. Parkin and Jonathan Wittwer for Plaintiff and Appellant., Frank G. Wells Environmental Clinic, Sean B. Hecht and Katherine Trisolini for Sierra Club, Endangered Habitats League, Planning and Conservation League, Center for Biological Diversity, Environmental Defense Center and Communities for a Better Environment as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Ann Miller Ravel, County Counsel, Miguel Márquez, Acting County Counsel, and Lizanne Reynolds, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents., Bingham McCutchen, Stephen L. Kostka, Barbara J. Schussman, Julie Jones and William Bates III for Real Parties in Interest and Respondents., Remy, Thomas, Moose and Manley and Sabrina V. Teller for League of California Cities, California State Association of Counties and Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents and Real Parties in Interest and Respondents., Miller Brown & Dannis, Mark W. Kelley and Clarissa Canady for Education Legal Alliance of the California School Boards Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents Real Parties in Interest and Respondents., Brownstein HyattFarber Schreck and Lisabeth D. Rothman for California Building Industry Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents and Real Parties in Interest and Respondents.