Newport Investments, Inc. v. The City Of Laguna Beach

564 F.2d 893 NEWPORT INVESTMENTS, INC., Appellant, v. The CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH, a Municipal Corporation, Roy W. Holm, Charlton P. Boyd, Carl E. Johnson, Jr., Phyllis J. Sweeney, Peter H. Ostrander, Edward C. Lorr, Michael R. May, Sally R. Bellerue, John E. McDowell, Robert C. Lanphear, Laurence A. Campbell, Wayne Moody, Richard Goldberg, Appellees. No. 77-1728. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Nov. 17, 1977. Tim T. Paone of Virtue & Scheck, Newport Beach, Cal., for appellant. Tully H. Seymour, Stephen M. Chase, Newport Beach, Cal., for appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before ELY, WRIGHT and CHOY, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 The appellant is a land developer. Its first amended complaint in the District Court prayed for a large amount of damages, both compensatory and punitive, and alleged seven claims. In brief, these were that the appellees: 2 (1) Had wrongfully condemned, inversely, the appellant's property in violation of rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States and by the Constitution of the State of California. 3 (2) Had denied equal protection of the laws to the appellant,…