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S. Texas Water Auth. v. Lomas

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law
In a declaratory-judgment and damages action against the South Texas Water Authority (STWA) challenging operating expenses charged under a...

Poway Royal Mobilehome Owners Ass'n v. City of Poway

Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In case arising from defendant-city's two-step plan to divest itself of ownership of a mobilehome park, dismissal pursuant to defendants' demurrer is...

Condon-Johnson & Assocs., Inc. v. Sacramento Muni. Util. Dist.

Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Public Utilities
In dispute over contract to construct concrete foundations for piers to relieve pressure caused by moving hillside behind a powerhouse owned by...

Coral Constr. v. City & County of San Francisco

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Contracts, Government Law
A decision striking down a San Francisco ordinance calling for race- and gender-conscious remedies to ameliorate the effects of past discrimination in...

County of Amador v. City of Plymouth

Environmental Law, Gaming Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In case involving plan of Indian tribe to build a world-class gaming facility on land it has the option to purchase, judgment granting a peremptory...

Prof'l Eng'rs in California Gov't v. Kempton

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Contracts, Government Law, Transportation
In a writ proceeding, a state employees' union and a taxpayer challenged Caltrans's interpretation of Proposition 35, which expressly removed a...

County of Harding v. Frithiof

Agriculture, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute between a county and defendant-fossil hunter involving a fossil-collecting lease agreement, a judgment for the county is vacated and...

Carabetta Enters., Inc. v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a contract dispute with the government brought by plaintiffs, owners and managers of properties that have provided low-income rental housing under...

Hubbard v. US

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Military Law
In a case stemming from a contract under which plaintiff agreed to build and operate a mini-storage facility at a naval air station, a ruling that...

California Housing Fin. Agency v. Hanover/Cal. Mgmt. & Accounting Ctr., Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Government Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In suit making allegations of fraud and of having a financial interest in a government contract, verdict for plaintiff is affirmed as any potential...