March 9, 2007

California Supreme Court Favors Public Over Private in Fight Over College Land

By ERIK VANCE

The California Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Mt. San Jacinto College in a rare legal battle that pitted a public community college against a private university over a parcel of land.

At issue in the litigation, which lasted for more than six years, was whether Mt. San Jacinto could exert the principle of eminent domain over the land, and, if so, what price the college should pay Azusa Pacific University, the original owner. Eminent domain allows government agencies, like the

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