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GRUPE DEVELOPMENT CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S020909.

4 Cal.4th 911 (1993)

844 P.2d 545

16 Cal. Rptr.2d 226

GRUPE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Respondent; CHINO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

February 11, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott, Alvin S. Kaufer, Winfield D. Wilson and Johnny D. Griggs for Petitioner.

Ronald A. Zumbrun, Edward J. Connor, Jr., Timothy A. Bittle, James S. Burling, McDonald, Hecht & Solberg, Jerold H. Goldberg and Richard A. Schulman as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

O'Melveny & Meyers, Brian S. Currey and Edward J. Szczepkowski for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

We granted review to determine whether a local "special tax" imposed by a school district on residential property developers to fund new school construction was preempted by a comprehensive statewide legislative reform of school construction financing. As will appear, we conclude that the "special tax" in this case was thus preempted, and hence affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeal.

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