WILSON & WILSON v. CITY COUNCIL OF REDWOOD CITY Part-I
In February 2003, the law firm of Wilson & Wilson (Wilson) brought an action against the City Council of Redwood City (City Council), the City of Redwood City (Redwood City), and the Redwood City Redevelopment Agency (Redevelopment Agency) (hereafter collectively the City) to challenge the approval and construction of a retail-cinema redevelopment project in Redwood City's downtown. Wilson asked the court to invalidate resolutions enacted by the City Council and the Redevelopment Agency and to void agreements entered into by the City to carry out the redevelopment. The action did not come to trial until 2004, and final arguments were not held until 2007, by which time the retail-cinema project had been substantially completed. Although the City urged the trial court to dismiss the action as moot, the trial court found for Wilson and entered judgment against the City in 2008.
The City appeals from that judgment, arguing that the trial court should have dismissed Wilson's action because it did not present a justiciable controversy. We agree that Wilson's action was not justiciable, and we reverse the judgment and instruct the trial court to dismiss Wilson's action.
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