JOHN M. MOREHART et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents,
v.
COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA et al., Defendants and Appellants.
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May 12, 1994.
May 12, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
COUNSEL
David Nawi, County Counsel, Stephen Shane Stark, Chief Deputy County Counsel, and Colleen Parent Beall, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Appellants.
Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, Roderick E. Walston, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jan S. Stevens, Assistant Attorney General, Jamee Jordan Patterson, Deputy Attorney General, Andrew B. Gustafson, Assistant County Counsel (Ventura) and Sally Grant Disco as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.
Hollister & Brace, Richard C. Monk, Lascher & Lascher, Wendy C. Lascher and Susan B. Lascher for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
Cox, Castle & Nicholson, Kenneth B. Bley, Ellman, Burke, Hoffman & Johnson, Howard N. Ellman, Michael J. Burke, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, Daniel J. Curtin, Jr., Robert E. Merritt, Jr., Maria P. Rivera, Clement, Fitzpatrick & Kenworthy, Clayton E. Clement, Nossaman, Gunther, Know & Elliott, James P. Corn, Baker & McKenzie, Timothy A. Tosta, Kerry Shapiro, William M. Pfeiffer, Judith K. Herzberg, Ronald A. Zumbrun, James S. Burling, Orrin F. Finch, Dun & Martinek, David E. Martinek and Deborah A. Boyd as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.
Supreme Court of California.
OPINION
LUCAS, C.J.
The Subdivision Map Act (Gov. Code, § 66410 et seq.) provides that contiguous parcels of land are not automatically merged by virtue of being held by the same owner. Such parcels "may be merged by local agencies only in accordance with the authority and procedures prescribed by this article" (id., §§ 66451.10-66451.21], which "provide[s] the sole and exclusive authority for local agency initiated...
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