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Real Estate/Development

Dec. 21, 2010

Land Grab Case Against Sempra Tossed

A federal judge has dismissed a case filed this summer by a Mexican citizen who accused Sempra Energy of stealing his land.


By Pat Broderick


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN DIEGO - A federal judge dismissed a case filed this summer by a Mexican citizen who accused Sempra Energy of stealing his land.


In a lawsuit filed in San Diego federal court, Ramon Eugenio Sanchez Ritchie contended that Sempra and its "co-conspirators" engaged in "a pattern of misconduct" involving false accusations, and the unlawful seizure of more than 600 acres of his prope...

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