California Code of Civil Procedure 874.210 is the California partition statute explaining the binding legal effect of a partition judgment as follows:
The judgment in the action is binding and conclusive on all of the following:
(a) All persons known and unknown who were parties to the action and who have or claim any interest in the property, whether present
The First Appellate District held that the Regents of the University of California failed to comply with CEQA in certifying the project EIR for its student housing project at People’s Park. Make UC a Good Neighbor v. Regents of University of Cal. (2023 WL 2205638, Feb. 24, 2023). Specifically, the court ruled that the Regents failed to provide a valid
Attorneys from Perkins Coie presented the 33rd Annual Land Use and Development Law Briefing on January 31, 2023.
Topics included:
A full set of the written materials,
California Code of Civil Procedure 873.690 is the California partition statute that states who is ineligible to purchase the subject property in a partition action:
(a) The following persons shall not purchase property sold in the action directly or indirectly:
(1) The referee.(2) The attorney of a party.(3) The guardian or conservator of a party, unless for the benefit of
The firm’s annual publication, CEQA Year in Review, a summary of 2022 published decisions involving the California Environmental Quality Act, is now available.
A hotel owner brought a lawsuit against a county transportation authority and a general contractor for nuisance and inverse condemnation alleging that the construction of an underground subway line disrupted the operation of the hotel and caused various problems, such as noise and dust, which interfered with the use and enjoyment of the property and resulted in monetary damages. The
California Code of Civil Procedure 873.950 is the California partition statute that allows parties or the partition referee to confirm, modify, or set aside the report in a partition by appraisal:
Any party to the agreement or the referee, upon 10 days’ notice to the referee if the referee is not the moving party and to the other parties
California Code of Civil Procedure 873.940 is the California partition statute that allows the court to appoint referees in a partition by appraisal:
The court shall appoint one referee or, if provided in the agreement, three referees to appraise the property and the interests involved. The referee shall report the valuations and other findings to the court in writing
California Code of Civil Procedure 873.930 is the California partition statute that allows parties to submit an agreement to the court and gives the court authority to approve that agreement in a partition by appraisal:
(a) Any party to the agreement may, upon noticed motion, apply to the court for approval of the agreement.
(b) If the court determines that the
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Old East Davis Neighborhood Association v. City of Davis 73 Cal. App. 5th 895 (2022)
The court of appeal upheld the City’s determination that a mixed-use development was consistent with general plan policies requiring new buildings to maintain scale transition and provide an architectural fit with the neighborhood. The court observed that the applicable policies did not
