Legal Opinion
Protect Our Water v. County of Merced
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 9, 2003No. F041200PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WISEMAN, J.
When practicing appellate law, there are at least three immutable rules: first, take great care to prepare a complete record; second, if it is not in the record, it did not happen; and third, when in doubt, refer back to rules one and two. In this case, the parties totally missed the appellate mark by failing to provide an adequate record for review.
Appellants Protect Our Water, San Joaquin Raptor Rescue Center, and the Merced River Valley Association (collectively POW) filed a petition for writ of mandate. POW challenged the approval by respondent County of Merced (County)…
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