TUCKER LAND CO. v. STATE

No. B146384.

114 Cal.Rptr.2d 891 (2001)

94 Cal.App.4th 1191

TUCKER LAND COMPANY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. The STATE of California et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

Rehearing Denied January 28, 2002.

Review Denied March 13, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott, Alvin S. Kaufer, Los Angeles, and John T. Hansen, San Francisco, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Pircher, Nichols & Meeks, James L. Goldman, Los Angeles; Richards, Watson & Gershon and Steven H. Kaufmann, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Respondents, Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District and Conejo Recreation and Park District.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Richard M. Frank, Chief Assistant Attorney General, J. Matthew Rodriquez, Assistant Attorney General and Daniel A. Olivas, Deputy Attorney General, for Defendants and Respondents, State of California and Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.


DOI TODD, J.

The primary issue presented in this appeal is whether the constituent members of a Joint Powers Agency (JPA), created by a joint powers agreement pursuant to Government Code section 6500 et seq., are liable for the contractual obligations of the JPA, where the joint powers agreement specifies that they are not and does not provide for liability other than that of the JPA. We conclude they are not, and finding no other basis of liability, affirm.

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