Legal Opinion
County of Amador v. El Dorado County Water Agency
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 3, 1999No. C027948PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HULL, J.
Under the best of circumstances, cases involving the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) are complicated. Legal questions resist easy resolution, and records are voluminous. That is particularly true when cases involve crucial matters such as population growth, increased demands for water, and the threatened degradation of natural resources. If a case also involves procedural anomalies, matters become that much more difficult.
This is such a case. Defendants El Dorado County Water Agency (Water Agency) and El Dorado Irrigation District (Irrigation District) embarked on…
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