representative cases/photos

These summaries of some of our completed court cases include photographs of affected resources and links to published decisions.

2001 - Friends of Sierra Madre v. City of Sierra Madre, 25 Cal.4th 165
1999 - Sierra Club v. San Joaquin LAFCO, 21 Cal.4th 489
1994 - Public Resources Protection Association v. CDF, 7 Cal.4th 111

California Court of Appeal

2012 - Flanders Foundation v. City of Carmel-by-the-Sea
2010 - Friends of the Juana Briones House v. City of Palo Alto, 190 Cal.App.4th 286
2008 - Heritage Fresno and Friends of Old Armenian Town v. City of Fresno, unpublished C055298
2006 - Preservation Action Council v. City of San Jose, 141 Cal.App.4th 1336
2006 - 108 Holdings v. City of Rohnert Park, 136 Cal.App.4th 186
2005 - Lincoln Place Tenants Association v. City of Los Angeles, 130 Cal.App.4th 1491
2005 - Lighthouse Field Beach Rescue v. City of Santa Cruz, 131 Cal.App.4th 1170
2004 - Architectural Heritage Association v. County of Monterey, 122 Cal.App.4th 1095
2000 - Friends and Neighbors of Old Hollywood v. City of Los Angeles, unpublished B131537
1999 - Preservation Action Council v. City of San Jose, unpublished H019468
1997 - League for Protection v. City of Oakland , 52 Cal.App.4th 896
1997 - Galante Vineyards v. Monterey Peninsula Water District, 60 Cal.App.4th 1109
1996 - Stanislaus Natural Heritage Project v. County of Stanislaus, 48 Cal.App.4th 182
1992 - Sierra Club v. County of Sonoma, 6 Cal.App.4th 1307

Superior Court

2010 - Friends of the Lacy Historic Neighborhood v. City of Santa Ana, Orange County Superior Court
2009 - Save Old Stockton v. City of Stockton, San Joaquin County Superior Court
2008 - Whittier Conservancy v. City of Whittier, Los Angeles County Superior Court
2008 - San Buenaventura Conservancy v. City of Ventura, Ventura County Superior Court
2007 - Flanders Foundation v. City of Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey County Superior Court
2007 - Save Tightwad Hill! v. University of California, Alameda County Superior Court
2007 - Friends of Griffin House v. Foothill-DeAnza Community College District, Santa Clara County
2007 - Eureka Heritage Society v. Eureka Unified School District, Humboldt County Superior Court
2006 - Save Our Heritage Organisation v. City of San Diego, San Diego County Superior Court
2000 - Friends of Carmel Cultural Heritage v. City of Carmel, Monterey County Superior Court
1998 - Pasadena Heritage v. City of Pasadena, Los Angeles County Superior Court
1996 - Preservation Action Council v. San Jose State University, Santa Clara County Superior Court
1994 - Friends of Douglass Hall v. Town of Atherton , San Mateo County Superior Court
1988 - The Bridge Club v. Caltrans, Sonoma County Superior Court

Federal Court

1995 - Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation v. U.S. Navy, Fed. District Court C-95-3702
1992 - North Oakland Voters Alliance v. Oakland, 1992 U.S.Dist. LEXIS 19033, 1992 WL 367096