Kawaoka v. City of Arroyo Grande

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17 F.3d 1227·94 Daily Journal DAR 2775·1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 3539·94 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 1568
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 2, 199492-55714California8,467 words

Opinion

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17 F.3d 1227 Kingo KAWAOKA; Tatsumi Kawaoka, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CITY OF ARROYO GRANDE; The City Council of Arroyo Grande; Mark M. Millis; B'Ann Smith; Gene Moots; A.K. Dougall; Doris Olsen, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-55714. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 8, 1993. Decided March 2, 1994. John B. Murdock, Santa Monica, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Katherine E. Stone, Myers, Widders & Gibson, Ventura, California, for the defendants-appellees. Craig Labadie, Robert N. Katz, McDonough, Holland & Allen, Oakland, California, for the amicus. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before: FLETCHER, PREGERSON and HALL, Circuit Judges. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 Kingo and Tatsumi Kawaoka appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment for the City of Arroyo Grande (the "City") on the Kawaokas' claims that the City's general plan and temporary water moratorium deny the Kawaokas substantive due process and equal protection. We affirm. BACKGROUND 2 Since 1954, the Kawaokas have owned thirty-five acres of land within the City of Arroyo Grande. Until recently, the…

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