Legal Opinion
Southern California Gas Co. v. City of Santa Ana
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 14, 2003No. Nos. 02-55885, 02-56298PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM Opinion; Concurrence by Judge THOMAS.
OPINION
2Per curiam
The City of Santa Ana appeals an order of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of the Southern California Gas Company. The district court held that the City’s trench cut fee could not be constitutionally applied to the Gas Company, because such an application would violate the Contracts Clause of the federal constitution. See U.S. Const. art. I, § 10, el. 1. We affirm the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of the Gas Company, and adopt the district court’s opinion, Southern California Gas v. City of…
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