Legal Opinion
Eldridge v. City of Palo Alto
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 23, 1976No. Docket Nos. 33517, 34134PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ELKINGTON, J.
These appeals, with similar subject matter and issues, have been consolidated for the purpose of our consideration and disposition of them.
Plaintiffs Eldridge and Beyer were the owners, respectively, of 750 acres and 22.27 acres of generally unimproved land in the foothills of the City of Palo Alto (hereafter the “City”). The City had enacted zoning ordinances which, among other things, classified their property as “permanent open space and conservation lands.”
Plaintiff Beyer thereafter commenced an action against the City and its council and council members. The complaint…
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