Legal Opinion
F & L FARM CO. v. City Council
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 4, 1998No. F029033PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
VARTABEDIAN, Acting P. J.
When a city in California has deprived California residents of constitutionally protected property interests and a judgment has been entered against it to compensate the residents for the wrongs committed, may the city simply refuse to pay the judgment on the basis that it has no spare money? We think not. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment entered below, which ordered issuance of a peremptory writ of mandate to compel payment of the judgment.
Facts and Procedural History
The City Council of the City of Lindsay, the present appellant (hereafter the city), for…
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