METROPOLITAN WATER DIST. v. CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST, INC.

No. S141148.

62 Cal.Rptr.3d 623 (2007)

41 Cal.4th 954

161 P.3d 1175

METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST, INC., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

July 23, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Redwine & Sherill, Justin M. McCarthy, Scott R. Heil, Riverside; Berger & Norton, Michael M. Berger, Gideon Kanner, John T. Fogarty, Los Angeles; Matteoni, Saxe & O'Laughlin, Matteoni, O'Laughlin & Hechtman, Norman E. Matteoni, San Jose, Peggy M. O'Laughlin and Gerry Houlihan, San Jose, for Defendants and Appellants.

Jenny, Jenny & Jenny and Scott E. Jenny, Martinez, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Sullivan, Workman & Dee, Roger M. Sullivan and Gary A. Kovacic as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Palmieri, Tyler, Wiener, Wilhelm & Waldron and Patrick A. Hennessey, Irvine, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Law Offices of Peter D. Lepiscopo, Peter D. Lepiscopo, San Diego, and James M. Griffiths for Pacific Justice Institute as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

James S. Burling, Sacramento, for Pacific Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Jeffrey Kightlinger, Henry S. Barbosa Lauren R. Brainard, Karen Tachiki, Sydney B. Bennion, Joseph A. Vanderhorst; Cox, Castle & Nicholson, Kenneth B. Bley, Los Angeles, and Edward C. Dygert, Irvine, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Janet Morningstar, Newport Beach, for Municipal Water District of Orange County as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Myers, Widers, Gibson, Jones & Schneider and Kathrine E. Stone, Ventura, for League of California Cities, California State Association of Counties and Association of California Water Agencies as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Ferguson, Case, Orr, Paterson & Cunningham, Douglas E. Kulper and Sandra M. Robertson, Ventura, for Calleguas Municipal Water District as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


BAXTER, J.

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), a public agency founded in 1928, supplies water to six Southern California counties. In 1997, MWD brought an eminent domain action to condemn a portion of land in San Bernardino County owned by Campus Crusade for Christ, Inc., and Del Rosa Mutual Water Company (collectively Campus Crusade) to construct a segment of a 43-mile water pipeline to channel water from the inland areas to the coastal...

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