Friends of Lagoon Valley

along I-80 between Fairfield and Vacaville in Solano County, California

The California Supreme Court has denied our petition
for review of the Density Bonus section of our lawsuit.
That's the end of the road for this lawsuit, but we continue to pursue
our environmental challenges to a Lagoon Valley subdivision
through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
(see ACE Permit Application)

   Notice of Appeal filed with the Court:    January 30, 2006

    Reporters' Transcripts filed with the Court:    April 25, 2006

    Appellant's Opening Brief Filed:    June 7, 2006  
               (with Joint Appendix & Request for Judicial Notice)

  Respondents’ Opposition Brief Filed:    June 30, 2006

  Appellant’s Reply Brief Due:    July 19, 2006  

    Oral Arguments:    August 22, 2007

  Decision Issued:    August 28, 2007

  Petition for Review filed with CA Supreme Court:    October 9, 2007

  Supreme Court declines to review case:    November 14, 2007

California Supreme Court documents:

        Click here to read the Petition for Review

Appeals Court documents:

        Click here to read the Opening Brief (.pdf).

        Click here to read the Opposition Brief filed by the City of Vacaville & Triad (.pdf).

        Click here to read the Reply Brief (.pdf).

        Click here to read the Court's decision.

Trial Court documents:

Click here to view Judge Fretz's Memo 10/14/05 in Adobe PDF format.

(sorry, it's a download of a scan of a fax of a printout, so it's a little fuzzy...)

Click here to view the Trial Court Opening Brief in Adobe PDF format.

Click here to view the Trial Court Opposition Brief in Adobe PDF format.
(caution!  huge PDF file...)
Click here to view the Trial Court Reply Brief in Adobe PDF format.

Click here to read a copy of Judge Fretz's Trial Court Ruling in Adobe PDF format.