96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6900, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 11,329 Sinclair Oil Corporation, a Wyoming Corporation v. County of Santa Barbara, a Political Subdivision of the State of California Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors

96 F.3d 401 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6900 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 11,329 SINCLAIR OIL CORPORATION, a Wyoming Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, a Political Subdivision of the State of California; Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-56611. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 8, 1996. Decided Sept. 16, 1996. Michael M. Berger, Berger & Norton, Santa Monica, California, for plaintiff-appellant. Paula F. Frantz, County of Santa Barbara County Counsel's Office, Santa Barbara, California; David Pettit and Sherryl E. Michaelson, Hedges & Caldwell, Los Angeles, California, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Robert M. Takasugi, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-93-06943-RMT. Before: FLOYD R. GIBSON, * NOONAN, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. FLOYD R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Sinclair Oil Corporation ("Sinclair"), the owner of six lots comprising 265 acres of undeveloped coastal land in Santa Barbara County, California ("the County"), filed a suit alleging primarily that the County's exercise of its…