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On Friday, November 18, a three-judge panel of the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District, District Two unanimously affirmed a judgment of the Merced County Superior Court that denied Appellants’ petition for a writ of mandate, which would have required Merced Irrigation District (District) to sell them water.  The published opinion was authored by Presiding Judge Elwood Lui, with Justices Victoria M. Chavez and Brian M. Hoffstadt concurring.Miller Star Regalia’s Walnut Creek partner Matthew Henderson represented the Merced County Irrigation District in the dispute.

Miller Starr Regalia Shareholder Matthew Henderson to speak at the California Land Use Law & Policy Conference at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, November 20, 2020. 

Miller Starr Regalia Shareholder Matthew Henderson to speak at the Bay Planning Coalition’s “BPC Expert Briefing: CEQA Update 2019" on Monday, November 18, 2019.

By: John "J.R." Richards // California Lawyers Association

This year's conference will focus on the new hurdles to private, state and community development projects in 2015 and beyond.

The California Environmental Quality Act, better known as "CEQA," has proved to be fertile ground for the raising of legal challenges to public agency action through-out the state.