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Civil Litigation,
Constitutional Law,
California Courts of Appeal

Oct. 30, 2018

Strange things are afoot in this takings decision

Why strange? First of all,the property owners won. In itself, that is noteworthy. The second strangeness is that, notwithstanding the opinion's noteworthy nature the Court of Appeal did not certify it to see the light of day.

Michael M. Berger

Senior Counsel
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

2049 Century Park East
Los Angeles , CA 90067

Phone: (310) 312-4185

Fax: (310) 996-6968

Email: mmberger@manatt.com

USC Law School

Michael M. Berger is senior counsel at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, where he is co-chair of the Appellate Practice Group. He has argued four takings cases in the U.S. Supreme Court.

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TAKINGS TALK

A decision relating to takings law in California was recently filed by the Court of Appeal in San Francisco. San Francisco SRO Hotel Coalition v. City and County of San Francisco, A151847 (Oct. 15, 2018) [ruling attached below]. There are two strange things about the opinion. First, the court ruled in the property owners' favor. Second, the appellate opinion was not certified for publication.

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