SUMMA CORP.
v.
CALIFORNIA EX REL. STATE LANDS COMMISSION ET AL.
Supreme Court of United States.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued February 29, 1984
Decided April 17, 1984
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Warren M. Christopher argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Henry C. Thumann, Zoe E. Baird, William M. Bitting, and Steven W. Bacon.
Deputy Solicitor General Claiborne argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Lee, Assistant Attorney General Dinkins, Dirk D. Snel, and Richard J. Lazarus.
Nancy Alvarado Saggese, Deputy Attorney General of California, argued the cause for respondents. With her on the brief for respondent State of California were John K. Van De Kamp, Attorney General, and N. Gregory Taylor, Assistant Attorney General. Gary R. Netzer, Ira Reiner, and Norman L. Roberts filed a brief for respondent City of Los Angeles.*
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the National Audubon Society et al. by Palmer Brown Madden and Linda Agerter; and for Amigos de Bolsa Chica by Lynda Martyn.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the State of Texas by Jim Mattox, Attorney General, David R. Richards, Executive Assistant Attorney General, and Jim Mathews, R. Lambeth Townsend, and Ginny Agnew, Assistant Attorney General; and for the Pacific Legal Foundation by Ronald A. Zumbrun and John H. Findley.
Supreme Court of United States.
JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.
Petitioner owns the fee title to property known as the Ballona Lagoon, a narrow body of water connected to Marina del Rey, a manmade harbor located in a part of the city of Los Angeles called Venice. Venice is located on the Pacific Ocean between the Los Angeles International Airport and the city of Santa Monica. The present case arises from a lawsuit brought by respondent...
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