Government
Nov. 17, 2009
Caltrans Can't Avoid Claim for Lost Goodwill
John Murphy and Lisa Holmes of Luce Forward provides case analysis of Caltrans' use of the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act.
By John Murphy and Lisa Holmes
Robert Heinlein, the great science fiction writer, once observed that "progress isn't made by early risers; it's made by lazy people trying to find easier ways to do something." Caltrans' recent, creative attempt to find "an easier way to do something" - to defeat the condemnation claim of a gas station and mini mart owner - provides the subject of a new appellate opinion: People ex rel. Department of Transportation v. Acosta...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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