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HITCHINGS v. DEL RIO WOODS RECREATION & PARK DIST.

Docket No. 35733.

55 Cal.App.3d 560 (1976)

127 Cal. Rptr. 830

WILLIAM HITCHINGS et al., Plaintiffs, Cross-defendants and Appellants, v. DEL RIO WOODS RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT et al., Defendants, Cross-complainants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

February 23, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Lillick, McHose & Charles, R. Frederic Fisher and Barbara H. Buggert for Plaintiffs, Cross-defendants and Appellants.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jay L. Shavelson, Assistant Attorney General, John Briscoe, Deputy Attorney General, Geary, Geary, Shea & Pawson and Michael F. O'Donnell as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs, Cross-defendants and Appellants.

Passalacqua & Mazzoni and Francis M. Passalacqua for Defendants, Cross-complainants and Respondents.

OPINION

CALDECOTT, P.J.

The question presented by this appeal is whether an 11-mile portion of the Russian River is a navigable stream and thus open to the public for boating and recreational activities. We conclude that it is.

Plaintiffs-appellants are persons with varied interests who have joined in this action to protect their right to free and unobstructed navigation on this part of the river. Defendants-respondents are...

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