City of Los Angeles v. City of San Fernando

How courts have described this case

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• holding that statute prohibiting possession of city property “by any person, firm or corporation” could preclude possession by a government agency
• stating that Lux and Vernon “are the key decisions on the issue”
• addressing need for “principled basis for distinguishing capital murder from 15 any other murder.”
• even assuming present record would persuade court to decide against pueblo doctrine as original question, court would not do so if legitimate interests built up over years in reliance upon former decisions would be unjustly impaired
• even assuming present record would persuade court to decide against pueblo doctrine as original question, court would not do so if legitimate interests built up over years in reliance upon former decisions would be unjustly impaired
• “Provision should be made in the new judgment for determining the amount of credit for any such spreading, taking into account any losses from evaporation or otherwise that may be caused by the spreading operations.”

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