PASADENA v. PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
Filed 6/15/06
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION EIGHT
| PASADENA METRO BLUE LINE CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents. | B181175 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC307121) |
APPEAL from the judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Andria K. Richey, Judge. Affirmed.
Richards, Watson & Gerson, Mitchell E. Abbott, and Sonali S. Jandial for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Douglas Ditonto and Richard D. Arko; Randall R. Morrow; Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, and Michael M. Berger for Defendants and Respondents.
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Plaintiff Pasadena Metro Blue Line Construction Authority (the Authority) appeals from the summary judgment entered for defendants Southern California Edison Co. (Edison), Southern California Gas Co. (SCG), and Pacific Bell Telephone Co. (PacBell), which determined that those companies did not have to reimburse the Authority for the cost of relocating their utility lines as part of the Authority's construction of a light rail public transit line. We affirm.
ISSUE PRESENTED
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) operates a light rail public transit system throughout the greater Los Angeles area, comprised of various lines that are designated by color names: Red Line, Green Line, and Blue Line. MTA was supposed to build an extension of its Blue Line from Los Angeles Union Station to Pasadena.[1] Due to legal and budget problems, the MTA suspended that project. The Legislature then stepped in and created a new entity – the Authority – â€
