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Souza v. Wetlands Water Dist.

Attorney's Fees, Debt Collection, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
Judgments and award of attorney's fees in favor of plaintiffs, farmland owners, against defendants, a water district and finance company, is reversed...

Torres v. Torres

Property Law & Real Estate
Judgment for defendants in a quiet title action disputing the validity of a certain power of attorney is affirmed where a valid power of attorney was...

Carson Gardens, L.L.C. v. City of Carson Mobilehome Park Rental Review Bd.

Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies, Civil Procedure
Trial court order declaring a decision by defendant-rent control board null and void, and setting a rent increase based on methodology defendant had...

Massachussetts Life Ins. Co. v. Crapo

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
An appeal from dismissal of a claim in plaintiff's complaint asserting equitable estoppel to avoid ad valorem taxes on improvements on certain...

Sprint PCS Assets, L.L.C. v. City of La Canada Flintridge

Communications Law, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-municipality upholding certain permit denials involving wireless telecommunications facilities based on...

Placer County Local Agency Formation Comm'n v. Nevada County Local Agency Formation Comm'n

Agriculture, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
Government Code section 56387 gives principal counties jurisdiction over spheres of influence and service reviews of multicounty districts within...

Carson Harbor Village, Ltd. v. County of Los Angeles

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for defendant, oil company, denying plaintiff recovery of certain cleanup costs under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,...

Strebel v. Brenlar Invs., Inc.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
Judgment of damages for plaintiff in a real estate fraud case involving plaintiff's contract to buy an encumbered house is affirmed where there was no...

Mitskovski v. Buffalo & Fort Erie Pub. Bridge Auth.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Order remanding a case asserting environmental claims to state court for failure to comply with a local court rule is vacated where the remand order...

Buzzi v. Quality Service Station, Inc.

Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute between owners of a gas station and an operator of a car wash situated on station property, summary judgment on an eviction claim which...