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Eastern Municipal Water District v. Scott

California Court of Appeal

Decided October 22, 1969No. Civ. 9802PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

TAMURA, J.

This is an original mandamus proceeding brought by the Eastern Municipal Water District (District) to test the validity of section 71960 of the Water Code authorizing municipal water districts organized and existing pursuant to the Municipal Water District Law of 1911 (division 20, Water Code) to issue general obligation bonds without a vote of the electorate under the limited circumstances and conditions prescribed by the section.

Section 71960 was enacted as an urgency measure in 1968. It was designed to alleviate the financial problem faced by many municipal water districts…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. In re the Bonds of the Madera Irrigation DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. HamiltonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Golden Gate Bridge & Highway District v. FeltCalifornia Supreme Court · 1931
  4. Merchants National Bank v. Escondido Irrigation DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904
  5. Peery v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1922

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. City of Santa Clara v. Von RaesfeldCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
  2. United Professional Planning, Inc. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1970
  3. Vanoni v. County of SonomaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1974
  4. Veterans of Foreign Wars v. State of CaliforniaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1974
  5. City of Saratoga v. HuffCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1972

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