CUSTOMER CO. v. CITY OF SACRAMENTO

Docket No. S035410.

10 Cal.4th 368 (1995)

895 P.2d 900

41 Cal. Rptr.2d 658

CUSTOMER COMPANY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF SACRAMENTO et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

June 12, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Aiken, Kramer, & Cummings, Fred V. Cummings, Matthew F. Graham, Suzanne Wyatt and George E. Paras for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Ronald A. Zumbrun, James S. Burling and Alexander Dushku as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Sharon Siedorf Cardenas, City Attorney, William L. Owen, Acting City Attorney, Richard F. Antoine, Deputy City Attorney, Edson & LaPlante, John M. LaPlante, Bradley E. Neunzig, Porter, Scott, Weiberg & Delehant and Stephen E. Horan for Defendants and Respondents.

Bertrand, Fox & Elliot and Gregory M. Fox as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

GEORGE, J.

A felony suspect, reputed to be armed and dangerous, took refuge in a store and refused to surrender. In the course of apprehending the suspect, the police fired tear gas into the store, causing extensive property damage. The issue we address is whether the owner of the store may bring an action for inverse condemnation against the public entities that employed the law enforcement officers, on the theory that the...

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