HORN v. COUNTY OF VENTURA

Docket No. L.A. 30959.

24 Cal.3d 605 (1979)

596 P.2d 1134

156 Cal. Rptr. 718

MERLIN W. HORN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COUNTY OF VENTURA, Defendant and Respondent; FREDERICK W. OSBORNE, Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

July 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James R. Leavy for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, and E. Robert Wright, Deputy Attorney General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Dorothy L. Schechter, County Counsel, and R. Thomas Harris, Assistant County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent.

Marshall Lowthorp, Richards & Hibbs and Charles J. Conway, Jr., for Real Party in Interest and Respondent.


OPINION

RICHARDSON, J.

In this mandamus action, we consider whether approval by defendant county of a tentative subdivision map is an "adjudicatory" function which, under principles of due process, requires that both appropriate notice and an opportunity to be heard be given to persons whose property interests may be significantly affected. We will hold that such approval is "adjudicatory...

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