Legal Opinion
Whitman v. Board of Supervisors
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 17, 1979No. Civ. 52617PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
REA, J. *
Petitioners appeal from a judgment of the superior court denying their petition for extraordinaiy relief in the nature of mandamus and/or prohibition against the Board of Supervisors of Ventura County (the Board) for unlawfully and wrongfully granting a conditional use permit to Phoenix West Oil and Gas Corporation (Phoenix), the real party in interest. 1
Statement of the Case
On June 27, 1975, Phoenix filed an application for a conditional use permit (CUP) to drill a single exploratory oil and gas well in the so-called Sisar Creek area of the Upper Ojai Valley in Ventura…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Bozung v. Local Agency Formation CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
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3Cited by25 opinions
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