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California Courts of Appeal

Mar. 22, 2014

Company behind large development near LA wins big at appellate court

The 2nd District Court of Appeal rules environmental review for new community of 60,000 was adequate.


By Fiona Smith


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A state appellate court Thursday handed a big win to a developer seeking to build a new city on the outskirts of Los Angeles, ruling that environmental reviews related to the project pass legal muster.


In a 3-0 decision, the 2nd District Court of Appeal reversed Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Ann I. Jones, who had sided with environmentalists and ordered the state Department of Fish and Wildl...

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