My favorite moment from the Martin's Beach saga was when he cited an ancient law from the conquistadors trying to block access and got shot down in the Supreme Court. The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War and ceded California to the United States was overruled by the 1976 California Coastal Act.
It's crazy he bought the property in 2008 and it's still in the courts. With his endless resources he can just keep filing suits and delays and dragging this out.
He doesn’t even have to appeal. This seems to be a ruling saying that he can’t have the suit throw out on its face. So he could still win the suit itself (though I wouldn’t bet on that).
This is a nothing story. Court cases have many checkpoints along the way and this case has passed a very minor checkpoint that is almost always passed. The real meat is yet to come.
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 24.3 ms ] threadMy favorite moment from the Martin's Beach saga was when he cited an ancient law from the conquistadors trying to block access and got shot down in the Supreme Court. The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War and ceded California to the United States was overruled by the 1976 California Coastal Act.