Legal Opinion
Stewart Enterprises, Inc. v. City of Oakland
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 23, 2016No. A143417PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HUMES, P.J.
In May 2012, Stewart Enterprises, Inc., and SE Combined Services of California, Inc. (collectively, Stewart), obtained a building permit to construct a crematorium on a site in East Oakland. Five days later, the Oakland City Council (City Council) passed an emergency ordinance requiring a conditional use permit (CUP) to operate new crematoria. Stewart administratively appealed a determination that the emergency ordinance applied to its proposed crematorium, but Oakland’s planning commission (Planning Commission) denied the appeal. Stewart then brought this action, which…
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