ELR Citation: ELR 20302
No(s). C-05-4149 (N.D. Cal. Nov 28, 2007)

A federal district court ordered city officials to pay a property owner nearly $37 million for creating wetlands on a 25-acre parcel of undeveloped land tentatively zoned for residential development. Where evidence indicates a lack of ponded water on the property prior to the construction of a nearb...