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Zoning, Planning and Use

Sep. 3, 1999

Riverdance

^^Real Property^^ Riverdance Litigation Involving Levee Failure in 1986 Is Continuing The record ran to 52,000 pages of appellate transcripts, hundreds of exhibits and more than 800 pages of briefing, but the appellate court sent the case back for more trial.

        By Michael M. Berger
        
        Flooding is a fact of life in the Sacramento Valley. When it happens, not only does the water flow but so does the litigation. The latest round is reported in Paterno v. State, 1999 Daily Journal D.A.R. 8231 (Aug. 13, 1999). The case is about the aftermath of the 1986 floods, and it is not over...

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