Legal Opinion
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. v. Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 2, 1982No. Civ. 46245PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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MILLER, J.
In this action we consider whether a municipal water district can unilaterally abrogate selected provisions of its contracts by declaring, 18 years after the first contract was executed, that its statutory power to enter into contracts does not include the power to contract with respect to rates.
The action was submitted to the trial court upon stipulated facts which may be summarized as follows: The Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District (hereinafter District) was formed in November 1956 pursuant to the Municipal Water District Act of 1911, Water Code section 71000 et seq. One…
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