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Real Property
Eminent Domain
Government Liability

City of Saratoga v. Lester Hinz

Published: Aug. 12, 2000 | Result Date: Feb. 16, 2000 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |

Case number: CV784560 Bench Decision –  $0

Judge

Robert A. Baines

Court

Santa Clara Superior


Attorneys

Plaintiff

Kathy E. Mount


Defendant

Paul A. Pelosi

Patrick K. Tillman
(Law Office of Patrick K. Tillman)


Experts

Plaintiff

Gene Scothorn
(technical)

Facts

The plaintiff city sought to take plaintiff's property for a public project. The defendant contended that there was no public purpose for the project which the city intended to build and which required acquisition of his property. The plaintiff claimed that converting a private road into a public one where it connected a landlocked public road to another public road constituted a public purpose.


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