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County of Orange v. Barratt Am.

Administrative Law, Construction, Government Law
Order requiring defendant-county to lower fees for building inspections and construction plan checks based on a surplus of fee revenues is affirmed...

Hutton Contracting Co., Inc. v. City of Coffeyville

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Remedies
In a dispute arising from circumstances in which plaintiff contracted to construct a power line and a fiber-optic line for defendant-city, but the...

City of Watsonville v. Corrigan

Construction, Contracts, Government Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In indeminity action arising from suits for damages related to soil instability on property purchased from respondents and others, judgment against...

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...

TLT Constr. Corp. v. RI, Inc.

Construction, Contracts
In a suit by a general contractor against a subcontractor for breach of contract, summary judgment for the general contractor is reversed and remanded...

Alstom Caribe, Inc v. Geo P. Reintjes Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Remedies
In a dispute over construction work performed at a power plant, an order of the district court commanding the deposit of funds into the court's...

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...

Wright v. Issak

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Construction, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In dispute over incomplete home remodeling job, finding for defendants-homeowners on complaint and cross-complaint and award of reimbursement,...

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...

Fletcher-Harlee Corp. v. Pote Concrete Contractors, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts
In a contract and promissory estoppel case brought by a general contractor against a subcontractor arising from a bid submitted by the subcontractor,...