California Native Plant Society v. City of Santa Cruz

Decided August 20, 2009. Richard J. Mcadams wrote the opinion for the court.

177 Cal. App. 4th 957 · Cited 105 times

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• City of Del Mar v. City of San Diego · 133 Cal. App. 3d 401
• Citizens of Goleta Valley v. Board of Supervisors · 801 P.2d 1161
• Laurel Heights Improvement Ass'n of San Francisco, Inc. v. Regents of University of California · 764 P.2d 278
• Federation of Hillside & Canyon Associations v. City of Los Angeles · 24 Cal. Rptr. 3d 543
• Sierra Club v. State Board of Forestry · 876 P.2d 505
• In re Bay-Delta Programmatic Environmental Impact Report Coordinated Proceedings · 43 Cal. 4th 1143
• ASS'N OF IRRITATED RESIDENTS v. County of Madera · 133 Cal. Rptr. 2d 718
• Sierra Club v. County of Napa · 19 Cal. Rptr. 3d 1
• Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles v. Los Angeles Unified School District · 24 Cal. App. 4th 826
• Preservation Action Council v. City of San Jose · 46 Cal. Rptr. 3d 902
• Marin Municipal Water District v. KG Land California Corp. · 235 Cal. App. 3d 1652
• Western States Petroleum Assn. v. Superior Court · 888 P.2d 1268
• Save Our Peninsula Committee v. Monterey County Board of Supervisors · 104 Cal. Rptr. 2d 326
• Sierra Club v. City of Orange · 163 Cal. App. 4th 523
• Planning and Conservation League v. Department of Water Resources · 100 Cal. Rptr. 2d 173
• Uphold Our Heritage v. Town of Woodside · 54 Cal. Rptr. 3d 366
• Big Rock Mesas Property Owners Ass'n v. Board of Supervisors · 73 Cal. App. 3d 218
• Briggs v. Eden Council for Hope & Opportunity · 969 P.2d 564
• Griset v. Fair Political Practices Commission · 23 P.3d 43
• Vineyard Area Citizens for Responsible Growth, Inc. v. City of Rancho Cordova · 150 P.3d 709
• Mountain Lion Foundation v. Fish & Game Commission · 16 Cal. 4th 105
• Save Tara v. City of West Hollywood · 45 Cal. 4th 116
• Defend the Bay v. City of Irvine · 15 Cal. Rptr. 3d 176
• Save Our Residential Environment v. City of West Hollywood · 9 Cal. App. 4th 1745

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