Legal Opinion

City & County of San Francisco v. PCF Acquisitionco, LLC

California Court of Appeal

Decided May 26, 2015No. A139836PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

SIGGINS, J.' —

In an eminent domain action, may a condemner’s final pretrial settlement offer, made 20 days before trial and contingent on obtaining approvals from other government entities, be found reasonable under Code of Civil Procedure 1250.410, 1 and thus bar a defendant who rejects it from later recovering its litigation costs? The property owners here, Convenience Retailers and PCF Acquisitionco, LLC (jointly PCF), contend such a contingent offer from the City and County of San Francisco (the City) was unreasonable as a matter of law because it was conditioned on the approval of…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority v. Continental Development Corp.California Supreme Court · 1997
  2. City of Gardena v. CampCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1977
  3. County of Kern v. GinnCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1983
  4. Edgerly v. City of OaklandCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2012
  5. Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. MindlinCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1980

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Reid v. City of San Diego, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2018
  2. Reid v. City of San DiegoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2018
  3. Reid v. City of San DiegoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2018

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