Legal Opinion
South Bay Senior Housing Corp. v. City of Hawthorne
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 31, 1997No. B088292PublishedCited by 5 opinions
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
VOGEL (Miriam), J.
In the published portion of this opinion, we hold that when a statute limits a general law city’s power to make a certain kind of contract to a certain prescribed method, thereby implicitly prohibiting other methods of contracting, a contract that does not conform to the prescribed method is void and the city cannot be liable on an implied contract theory for the benefits it received or the damage it caused to the other party to the void contract. In the unpublished portion of this opinion, we hold that substantial evidence supports the jury’s finding that the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Miller v. McKinnonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1942
- Reams v. CooleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1915
- Dynamic Industries Co. v. City of Long BeachCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1958
- Frick v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1896
- McCann v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1978
3Cited by5 opinions
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