State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

San Franciscans Upholding the Downtown Plan v. City & County of San Francisco

Decided September 30, 2002. William R. McGuiness wrote the opinion for the court.

125 Cal. Rptr. 2d 745 · Cited 101 times

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Sequoyah Hills Homeowners Ass'n v. City of Oakland · 23 Cal. App. 4th 704
Friends of Mammoth v. Town of Mammoth Lakes Redevelopment Agency · 98 Cal. Rptr. 2d 334
Laurel Heights Improvement Ass'n of San Francisco, Inc. v. Regents of University of California · 764 P.2d 278
Save Our Peninsula Committee v. Monterey County Board of Supervisors · 104 Cal. Rptr. 2d 326
Concerned Citizens of Calaveras County v. Board · 166 Cal. App. 3d 90
Sierra Club v. County of Sonoma · 6 Cal. App. 4th 1307
Beach-Courchesne v. City of Diamond Bar · 95 Cal. Rptr. 2d 265
Western States Petroleum Assn. v. Superior Court · 888 P.2d 1268
Citizens of Goleta Valley v. Board of Supervisors · 801 P.2d 1161
Kings County Farm Bureau v. City of Hanford · 221 Cal. App. 3d 692
Foundation for San Francisco's Architectural Heritage v. City of San Francisco · 106 Cal. App. 3d 893
Yamaha Corp. of America v. State Board of Equalization · 960 P.2d 1031
No Oil, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles · 529 P.2d 66
Mountain Lion Foundation v. Fish & Game Commission · 16 Cal. 4th 105
In Re Redevelopment Plan for Bunker Hill v. Goldman · 389 P.2d 538
Commerce Holding Corp. v. Board of Assessors · 673 N.E.2d 127
Corona-Norco Unified School District v. City of Corona · 17 Cal. App. 4th 985
A Local & Regional Monitor v. City of Los Angeles · 16 Cal. App. 4th 630
Laurel Heights Improvement Ass'n of San Francisco, Inc. v. Regents of University of California · 864 P.2d 502
De Luz Homes, Inc. v. County of San Diego · 45 Cal. 2d 546
Bowman v. City of Petaluma · 185 Cal. App. 3d 1065
Davidon Homes v. City of San Jose · 54 Cal. App. 4th 106
Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles v. Los Angeles Unified School District · 24 Cal. App. 4th 826
Orinda Assn. v. Board of Supervisors · 182 Cal. App. 3d 1145
Quail Botanical Gardens Foundation, Inc. v. City of Encinitas · 29 Cal. App. 4th 1597

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County of Los Angeles v. GLENDORA REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT · 185 Cal. App. 4th 817
Orange Citizens for Parks & Recreation v. Superior Court of Orange Cnty. · 211 Cal. Rptr. 3d 230
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LANDWATCH MONTEREY CO. v. County of Monterey · 55 Cal. Rptr. 3d 34
Friends of Lagoon Valley v. City of Vacaville · 65 Cal. Rptr. 3d 251
Taxpayers for Accountable School Bond Spending v. San Diego Unif. School Dist. CA4/1 · 215 Cal. App. 4th 1013
Evans v. City of San Jose · 27 Cal. Rptr. 3d 675
O.W.L. Foundation v. City of Rohnert Park · 168 Cal. App. 4th 568
Muzzy Ranch Co. v. Solano County Airport Land Use Commission · 164 Cal. App. 4th 1
North Gualala Water Co. v. State Water Resources Control Board · 43 Cal. Rptr. 3d 821
Neilson v. City of California City · 53 Cal. Rptr. 3d 143
Levi Family Partnership v. City of Los Angeles CA2/4 · 241 Cal. App. 4th 123
Planning & Conservation League v. Castaic Lake Water Agency · 180 Cal. App. 4th 210
City of Long Beach v. Los Angeles Unified School District · 176 Cal. App. 4th 889
South of Mkt. Cmty. Action Network v. City and County of San Francisco · 245 Cal. Rptr. 3d 174
Uphold Our Heritage v. Town of Woodside · 54 Cal. Rptr. 3d 366
Maintain Our Desert Environment v. Town of Apple Valley · 15 Cal. Rptr. 3d 322
Latinos Unidos De Napa v. City of Napa · 221 Cal. App. 4th 192
Harrington v. City of Davis · 224 Cal. Rptr. 3d 351
County of Los Angeles v. California State Water Resources Control Board · 50 Cal. Rptr. 3d 619
Crawley v. Alameda County Waste Management Authority · 243 Cal. App. 4th 396

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