1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Cal.App.4th
  4. 31 Cal.App.4th
  5. 31 Cal.App.4th 418 (1995)
 

BIG CREEK LUMBER CO. v. COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Docket No. A062643.

31 Cal.App.4th 418 (1995)

37 Cal. Rptr.2d 159

BIG CREEK LUMBER COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. COUNTY OF SAN MATEO et al., Defendants and Appellants.

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

January 9, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Thomas F. Casey III, County Counsel, and Michael P. Murphy, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Appellants.

Ronald A. Zumbrun, Robin L. Rivett, Jennifer M. Deming and Jim Burling for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

CORRIGAN, J.

This case is one of first impression concerning statutory preemption. With its passage of the Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 (hereafter the FPA),1 the Legislature established a comprehensive statutory scheme regulating the conduct of timber operations. At issue here is whether the FPA preempts a county's attempt to...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases