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Chawanakee Unified School District v. County of Madera

California Court of Appeal

Decided June 21, 2011No. F059382PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

DAWSON, Acting P. J.

INTRODUCTION

Chawanakee Unified School District (School District) filed a petition for writ of mandate challenging the County of Madera’s (County) approval of a development project on the grounds that the project’s environmental impact report (EIR) failed to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq.)1 and that the project’s specific plan failed to meet the consistency requirement of California’s Planning and Zoning Law (Gov. Code, § 65000 et seq.). The trial court denied the petition. School District appealed.

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2Cases cited11 opinions

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3Cited by7 opinions

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