The City of Fresno is facing scrutiny in court after a judge found serious problems in a legal filing submitted in an eminent domain case, including citations to cases that do not exist.
The city is attempting to acquire the A&T Ceramic Tile property through eminent domain. But the case has hit a major roadblock after Fresno County Superior Court Judge Kristi Culver Kapetan identified more than ten issues in the city’s legal brief.
According to the court’s tentative ruling, several cases cited in the motion could not be found. Other citations were misquoted or did not support the arguments being made. The judge also noted that some statutes referenced in the filing were either inapplicable or nonexistent…