Legal Opinion
Sinclair Oil Corp. v. County of Santa Barbara
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 16, 1996No. 94-56611PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge:
Sinclair Oil Corporation (“Sinclair”), the owner of six lots comprising 265 acres of undeveloped coastal land in Santa Barbara County, California (“the County”), filed a suit alleging primarily that the County’s exercise of its regulatory powers had effected a “taking” of Sinclair’s property for which “just compensation” was due under the federal and state constitutions. The district court dismissed four of Sinclair’s claims as unripe for federal adjudication; the court dismissed the remaining cause of action, which sought a writ of mandate declaring the…
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