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Hotels Nevada v. L.A. Pacific Center, Inc.

Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
A judgment confirming an arbitration award is affirmed, where the trial court properly: 1) compelled arbitration; 2) determined that the procedure by...

Laguna Hermosa Corp. v. US

Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Procedure, Government Contracts
In a suit brought by the former operator of a resort facility on federal land, seeking compensation from the United States for facilities that were...

Matter of Meruelo Maddux Properties, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings involving the question whether the debtor was subject to the single asset real estate provisions of the...

General Development Co., L.P. v. City of Santa Maria

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
On appeal from a judgment of dismissal entered in favor of the City of Santa Maria after the trial court ruled that a developer's petition for writ of...

Otay Mesa Property, L.P. v. US

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
On appeal from a decision of the United States Court of Federal Claims awarding plaintiffs $3,043,051, plus interest, for the temporary taking of a...

Center for Sierra Nevada Conservation v. County of El Dorado

Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case arising from the County of El Dorado's adoption of an oak woodland management plan and mitigation fee program without an environmental...

Western States Petroleum Ass'n v. State Board of Equalization

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In an action for declaratory relief seeking to invalidate a regulation of the State Board of Equalization (SBE) that adopted new valuation formulas...

Hearts Bluff Game Ranch, Inc. v. US

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a suit for just compensation under the Fifth Amendment for an alleged taking based on the Army Corps of Engineers' denial of a landowner's proposal...

Bowers v. Whitman

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an appeal from an order of dismissal by the district court, order is affirmed where Oregon's modification of the remedies available under Measure...

Sierra Club v. Cal. Parks & Recreation

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
In an appeal from a judgment of the trial court dismissing plaintiff's petition to compel the defendant to amend its General Development Plan for the...