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CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Petitioner v THE SUPERIOR COURT, Respondent; PETER PLOTKIN et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Country/Territory
United States of America
Type of court
National - higher court
Date
Apr 12, 2011
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Court name
California Court of Appeal, Second District
Judge
Manella, Epstein and Suzukawa,
Reference number
No. B225082
Language
English
Subject
Land & soil, Environment gen., Agricultural & rural development
Keyword
Land tenure Foreign land tenure Land-use planning
Abstract
The Second District Court of Appeal considered whether landowners had shown that the City of Los Angeles’ voluntary acquisition program, adopted in lieu of a sound insulation program in certain neighborhoods near LAX, created “condemnation blight”,therefore entitling the landowners to inverse condemnation compensation. Property owners argued that the City had been purchasing properties in their neighborhoods through a voluntary acquisition program, relocating the residents, and demolishing the structures. Thereafter, the land was left vacant and undeveloped. In ruling against the landowners, the Court of Appeal held that the property owners had failed to establish that the city had either a plan to use the acquired property for a public purpose, or intended to acquire the landowners’ property or any nearby property through condemnation. The landowners, therefore, failed to show they were entitled to summary adjudication on their inverse condemnation claim.
Full text
COU-157303.pdf