California Supreme Court Restores Public Agencies’ Ability to Conduct Surveys Without First Filing Eminent Domain

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On Thursday of last week, the California Supreme Court in the case Property Reserve, Inc. v. Superior Court of San Joaquin County ruled that government officials don’t need to go through a formal eminent domain process before they can survey private property. This decision reverses the ruling made by the Court of Appeal, which concluded… Read more »