1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Cal.4th
  4. 16 Cal.4th
  5. 16 Cal.4th 694 (1997)
 

LOS ANGELES CTY. METRO. TRANSP. v. CONTINENTAL DEV.

Docket No. S051436.

16 Cal.4th 694 (1997)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CONTINENTAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 25, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott, Mary Lou Byrne, Abraham C. Meltzer and James C. Powers for Plaintiff and Appellant.

James K. Hahn, City Attorney (Los Angeles), Patricia V. Tubert, Assistant City Attorney, and Kenneth Cirlin, Deputy City Attorney, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Palmieri, Tyler, Wiener, Wilhelm & Waldron, Angelo J. Palmieri, Bruce W. Dannemeyer and Frank C. Rothrock for Defendant and Appellant.

James S. Burling, Stephen E. Abraham, Sullivan, Workman & Dee, Henry K. Workman, Berger & Norton and Gideon Kanner as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

OPINION

WERDEGAR, J.

The taking of private property in eminent domain is constrained by the California Constitution, which provides in relevant part that "[p]rivate property may be taken or damaged for public use only when just compensation, ascertained by a jury unless waived, has first been paid to, or into court for, the owner." (Cal. Const., art. I, § 19; see also U.S. Const., Amends. V, XIV.) By statute, the owner of property...

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