Legal Opinion

Belair v. Riverside County Flood Control District

California Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 1988No. S001035PublishedCited by 81 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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When a flood control levee fails to retain waters within its design capacity, are plaintiff property owners who suffer damage from the resultant flooding entitled to recover on a theory of inverse condemnation without showing that the damage was caused by unreasonable conduct on the part of the defendant public entities? We…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. D'AMICO v. Board of Medical ExaminersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
  2. Albers v. County of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
  3. Archer v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
  4. Gray v. Reclamation District No. 1500California Supreme Court · 1917
  5. Clement v. State Reclamation BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1950

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3Cited by81 opinions

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  5. Schabarum v. California LegislatureCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1998

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