Legal Opinion

Leslie Salt Co. v. San Francisco Bay Conservation & Development Commission

California Court of Appeal

Decided March 26, 1984No. AO15397PublishedCited by 64 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

KLINE, P. J.

This case presents the question whether the McAteer-Petris Act (Gov. Code, § 66600 et seq.) 1 , which created the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) and defines its jurisdiction and powers, allows BCDC to hold a landowner responsible for unauthorized bay fill placed on its property by unknown third persons.

Facts

The facts are not materially in dispute. Some time between August 11, 1971, and October 4, 1976, fill consisting of several hundred tons of earth, gravel, asphalt, broken concrete and other demolition materials, along with a barge-like…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Bank of Columbia v. OkelySupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  2. Schwegmann Bros. v. Calvert Distillers Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
  3. Friends of Mammoth v. Board of SupervisorsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
  4. California Manufacturers Ass'n v. Public Utilities CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1979
  5. People v. CurtisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969

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3Cited by64 opinions

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