Irma Yolanda Munoz Soto sued Union Pacific Railroad
Company and two of its employees, Scott King and Robert Finch
(collectively Union Pacific parties), for wrongful death (premises
liability and general negligence) after Soto’s 16-year-old daughter
was struck and killed by a freight train on an at-grade railroad
crossing in Santa Clarita. The court granted the Union Pacific
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In 1950 the owner of property in Boyle Heights agreed to
provide eight parking spaces to the owner of a neighboring lot
who wanted to build a warehouse exceeding the maximum
allowable square footage then permitted by the Los Angeles
Municipal Code (LAMC). A notarized parking affidavit
documenting the agreement was filed with the Los Angeles
Department of Building and Safety... More...   $0 (01-22-2020 - CA)

Finding itself embroiled in litigation about a disputed neighborhood easement, the Tennessee Valley Authority moved to dismiss on grounds that no party sought relief
Case No. 19-5578, Hensley v. Conner, et al.
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from it specifically. The district court granted the motion. Some neighbors appeal that decision, arguing that this suit requires TVA’s participation. We disagree and affir... More...   $0 (01-06-2020 - TN)

November 2015, the Board of Supervisors (Board) of the County of Kern
approved a new zoning ordinance requiring permits for new oil and gas exploration,
drilling and production. The ordinance imposed a wide range of environmental and other
standards on permit applicants. It also adopted two procedural pathways for obtaining
permits when the proposed activity would be conducted on s... More...   $0 (11-20-2019 - CA)

In this acrimonious dispute between neighbors over a
driveway easement, defendants Stephen and Tracy Lee appeal
the trial court’s denial of a motion pursuant to Code of Civil
Procedure section 425.16, the anti-SLAPP statute,1 directed at
three claims plaintiff Starview Property, LLC asserted for the
first time in its first amended complaint. Although the Lees’
motion was ti... More...   $0 (10-19-2019 - CA)

The Jon Corn Law Firm, Jonathan C. Corn, Anders T. Aannestad, Arie L.
Spangler and Lee M. Andelin, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
This case concerns an appeal and cross appeal from the trial court's ruling on a
petition for writ of administrative mandate that James and Karla Lindstrom (the
Lindstroms) filed against the California Coastal Commission (the Commission)
challenging ... More...   $0 (09-20-2019 - CA)

Under the California Coastal Act (Pub. Resources Code, § 30000,
et seq.), anyone wishing to build a development in the coastal zone must
obtain a coastal development permit (CDP) from the California Coastal
Commission (Commission) or, if a local coastal program (LCP) has been
certified by the Commission, from the applicable local government
agency. (Pub. Resources Code, § 30600... More...   $0 (08-01-2019 - CA)

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis and Jeffrey A. Chine for Real Party
in Interest and Respondent.
Real party in interest and respondent Genesee Properties, Inc. (Genesee) sought
tentative map approval from respondent County of San Diego (the County) for a 24-lot
subdivision on 1416.5 acres of land in San Diego County known as the Hoskings Ranch
(the property). The prop... More...   $0 (07-29-2019 - CA)

In 2012, the County of Amador (County) certified a final environmental impact
report (EIR) and approved the Newman Ridge Project (Project), an aggregate quarry and
related facilities near Ione owned by real parties in interest Newman Minerals and others
(Applicants). Ione Valley Land, Air, and Water Defense Alliance, LLC (LAWDA) filed
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a petition for writ of mandate under the... More...   $0 (03-24-2019 - CA)