PLANNING & CONSERV. LEAGUE v. DEPT OF WATER RESOURCES

Docket No. S058929.

17 Cal.4th 264 (1998)

PLANNING AND CONSERVATION LEAGUE et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

January 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Antonio Rossmann and Roger B. Moore for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Thomas J. Graff as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, Roderick E. Walston, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Charles W. Getz IV, Assistant Attorney General, Marian E. Moe, Deputy Attorney General, Michael N. Nordstrom, Jennifer A. Lee, Emily J. Cote, Anthony C. Bennetti, Brunick, Alvarez & Battersby, Jeffery L. Caufield, William J. Brunick, Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy, Ray E. McDevitt, Stephen B. Peck, McCormick, Kidman & Behrens, Russell G. Behrens, David D. Boyer, Best, Best & Krieger, Gregory K. Wilkinson, Eric L. Garner, Hatch and Parent, Susan F. Petrovich, Stanley M. Roden, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Clifford W. Schulz, Robin Leslie Stewart, O'Melveny & Myers, Robert S. Draper, Lemieux & O'Neill and Tari L. Cody for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

WERDEGAR, J.

The Code of Civil Procedure1 provides, in sections 860 to 870, a set of accelerated in rem procedures for determining the validity of certain bonds, assessments and other agreements entered into by public agencies. Among the shortened time periods specified is a 30-day period for appealing from the "judgment" in a validation action. (§ 870, subd. (b).) This 30-day period constitutes...

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