Carpinteria Valley Farms, Ltd. v. The County Of Santa Barbara

334 F.3d 796 CARPINTERIA VALLEY FARMS, LTD., a California limited partnership, f/k/a KBDR Properties, Ltd., a California limited partnership; Yeager Holdings, Inc., a Colorado corporation; Patrick M. Nesbitt, individually and as Trustee of the Patrick M. Nesbitt Family Trust, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, a municipal corporate entity; Santa Barbara County Planning and Development Department, a County department; Dan Gira; Noel Langle; Al McCurdy; Patty Miller; June Pujo; Jennifer Trunk, Defendants-Appellees. No. 01-57218. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 5, 2003. Filed June 25, 2003. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED A. Barry Cappello, Santa Barbara, CA, and Norman Pine, Sherman Oaks, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants. David Pettit, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Nora M. Manella, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-00-10154-NM. Before HALL, THOMPSON, and BERZON, Circuit Judges. OPINION DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge. 1 Patrick M. Nesbitt and associated entities Carpinteria Valley Farms, Ltd., Yeager Holdings, Inc.,…