City of Palm Springs v. Living Desert Reserve
About This Legal Opinion
In this eminent domain action for conversion of public park to a golf course, the court rejected application of charitable trust doctrine and concluded that the proper measure of compensation was 100 percent of the value of the unrestricted fee in the land.
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