Legal Opinion
Bunch v. Coachella Valley Water District
California Supreme Court
Decided May 8, 1997No. S051966PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CHIN, J.
Article I, section 19 of the California Constitution (section 19) provides that when a public entity takes or damages property, it must pay the owner just compensation. (See, e.g., Locklin v. City of Lafayette (1994) 7 Cal.4th 327, 362 [27 Cal.Rptr.2d 613, 867 P.2d 724] (Locklin).) In Belair v. Riverside County Flood Control Dist. (1988) 47 Cal.3d 550 [253 Cal.Rptr. *436693, 764 P.2d 1070] (Belair), we held that when a public entity’s design, construction, or maintenance of a flood control project poses an unreasonable risk of harm to property historically subject to flooding…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Albers v. County of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
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