Leroy Land Development v. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency

939 F.2d 696 21 Envtl. L. Rep. 21 ,376 LEROY LAND DEVELOPMENT, a Nevada Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee. v. The TAHOE REGIONAL PLANNING AGENCY, a separate legal entity created pursuant to an interstate Compact between the States of California and Nevada, et al., Defendant-Appellant. No. 90-15364. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 16, 1991. Decided July 9, 1991. Gary A. Owen, Crowell, Susich, Owen & Tackes, Carson City, Nev., for defendant-appellant. Thomas J. Hall, Reno, Nev., for plaintiff-appellee. Timothy V. Kassouni, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, Cal., for amici curiae-appellees. John K. Van de Kamp, Atty. Gen., Richard M. Frank, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Daniel L. Siegel and Michael L. Crow, Deputy Attys. Gen., Sacramento, Cal., for amici curiae-appellant State of Cal., et al. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Before SCHROEDER and FARRIS, Circuit Judges, and DUMBAULD, * District Judge. SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge: 1 The principal issue we must resolve in this appeal is whether a land developer, who years ago settled a dispute with the appropriate governmental authority over issuance of a…