LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP v. HUMBOLDT BAY MUN. WATER

Docket No. 46245.

137 Cal.App.3d 152 (1982)

186 Cal. Rptr. 833

LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. HUMBOLDT BAY MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT et al., Defendants and Respondents. CROWN SIMPSON CORPORATION, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. HUMBOLDT BAY MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

November 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Paul R. Haerle, James B. DeGolia, Mary Jo Sherlin, Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Walter R. Allan, Donald J. Putterman-Crigger, Janssen, Malloy & Marchi and Clayton R. Janssen for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Richard B. McDonough, Donald T. Ramsey and Carroll, Burdick & McDonough for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

MILLER, J.

In this action we consider whether a municipal water district can unilaterally abrogate selected provisions of its contracts by declaring, 18 years after the first contract was executed, that its statutory power to enter into contracts does not include the power to contract with respect to rates.

The action was submitted to the trial court upon stipulated...

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