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Real Estate/Development

Nov. 18, 2010

Lawyer Sues to Block Sale of State Buildings

Bay Area trial lawyer Joseph Cotchett has filed a lawsuit seeking to halt a controversial plan to sell and lease back 11 state-owned office properties.


By Anna Scott


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Trial lawyer Joseph Cotchett on Tuesday sued Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and another top administration official on behalf of two former state building appointees, seeking to halt a controversial plan to sell and lease back 11 state-owned office properties.


The suit, filed in San Francisco County Superior Court, alleges the $2.3 billion proposal is illegal and unconstitutional, and asks for an injuncti...

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