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San Diego Gas and Electric Company v. Schmidt

Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate
In this eminent domain proceeding in which the parties could not agree on an appropriate valuation for defendants' property, and in which the jury...

San Francisco Tomorrow v. City and County of S.F.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Denial of plaintiff-appellants' petition for writ of mandate seeking to overturn the decision by defendant-city approving a long-term property...

Hoffman v. 162 North Wolfe LLC

Property Law & Real Estate
In a cross-complaint alleging that defendant misrepresented its claims over plaintiffs' property, summary judgment against plaintiff-landowners is...

Mendoza v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint for wrong foreclosure, declaratory relief, and quiet title is affirmed, where: 1) the plaintiff failed to make a...

Tuolumne Jobs & Small Business Alliance v. Superior Court (Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.)

Elections, Environmental Law, Administrative Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The Court of Appeals' decision holding that a full California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review is required if a city council adopts a land use...

Minter v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a class action alleging that defendants violated Section 8 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), by creating a joint venture, to...

City of San Diego v. Shapiro

Elections, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
An election held by plaintiff-city to authorize the levying of a special tax was invalid under the California Constitution, where: 1) plaintiff-city...

Bloxham v. Saldinger

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute over the location of the parties' common property lines, judgment quieting title in favor of plaintiffs is affirmed, where: 1) there is...

State of Arizona v. Raytheon Co.

Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The district court's order approving consent decrees in an action under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act...

1256 Hertel Avenue Associates v. Calloway

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate
The 2005 amendment to N.Y. C.P.L.R. 5206, which increased New York's homestead exemption from $10,000 to $50,000, applies to a judgment lien obtained...