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Tracy Joint Unified School District v. Pombo

California Court of Appeal

Decided October 29, 2010No. C061239PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

BUTZ, J.

Having decided to build a new high school, plaintiff Tracy Joint Unified School District (the District) filed this eminent domain action to acquire 61.6 acres in the middle of a 231-acre parcel of raw development land owned by defendant Ernest J. Pombo, Jr., and others.

The trial resulted in a battle of real estate appraisers. The District’s expert valued the taking at about $3 million, with no severance damages. Defendants’ expert fixed total compensation at around $12.4 million, including almost $3.1 million in severance damages.

The jury split the difference. It awarded…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Klopping v. City of WhittierCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
  2. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority v. Continental Development Corp.California Supreme Court · 1997
  3. County of Los Angeles v. KranzCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1977
  4. People Ex Rel. Department of Transportation v. YukiCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1995
  5. City of Gardena v. CampCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1977

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. San Diego Gas & Elec. Co. v. Schmidt CA4/1California Court of Appeal · 2014
  2. People Ex Rel. Department of Transportation v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2012
  3. San Diego Assn of Governments v. Vanta CA4/1California Court of Appeal · 2016
  4. San Diego Gas & Electric Company v. SchmidtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2014

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