VEDANTA SOCIETY v. CALIFORNIA QUARTET, LTD.

No. G026580.

100 Cal.Rptr.2d 889 (2000)

84 Cal.App.4th 517

VEDANTA SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CALIFORNIA QUARTET, LTD., et al., Defendants and Appellants. Norbertine Fathers of Orange et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. California Quartet, Ltd., et al., Defendants and Appellants. Endangered Habitats League, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. California Quartet, Ltd., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

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

October 30, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Latham & Watkins and Robert K. Break, Costa Mesa, for Defendant and Appellant County of Orange.

Law Offices of William D. Ross, William D. Ross and Carol B. Sherman, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Appellants California Quartet, Ltd., Aradi, Ltd., and Aradi, Inc.

Connor, Blake & Griffin, Edmond M. Connor and David J. Hesseltine, Irvine, for Plaintiff and Respondent Vedanta Society of Southern California.

Jensen & Coeur-Barron and VerLyn N. Jensen for Plaintiffs and Respondents Norbertine Fathers of Orange and Saddleback Meadows Land Conservancy.

Law Offices of Mary L. Hudson, Mary L. Hudson, Law Offices of Rachel J. Sater and Rachel J. Sater, for Plaintiffs and Respondents Endangered Habitats League, Inc., Sea and Sage Audubon Society, Inc., and Rural Canyons Conservation Fund.


OPINION

SILLS, P.J.

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