Legal Opinion
Friends of Sierra Railroad v. Tuolumne Park & Recreation District
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 12, 2007No. F050117PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WISEMAN, J.
Tuolumne Park and Recreation District, a public agency, sold land containing a disused but historic railroad right-of-way to the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians without carrying out any environmental review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The Tuolumne Band owned surrounding property and was known to plan on developing it, but had never presented any development plans to any agency. The trial court denied a petition for a writ of mandamus directing the transferor agency to reverse its action. In this appeal, appellant Friends of the Sierra…
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