Legal Opinion
Citizens Against Forced Annexation v. County of Santa Clara
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 16, 1984No. AO15452PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ROUSE, J.
Statement of the Case
Plaintiff, Citizens Against Forced Annexation (CAFA), is an unincorporated association composed of taxpayers, residents, landowners and/or registered voters in either the City of San Jose (San Jose) or territories within Santa Clara County. CAFA, and numerous individual plaintiffs, filed an action challenging the validity of more than 125 annexations (and proposed annexations) of territories to San Jose that were accomplished without elections, pursuant to section 35150, subdivision (f), of the Municipal Organization Act of 1977 (MORGA) (Gov. Code, § 35000…
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