The State - News from July 25, 1985
A federal appeals court in San Francisco rebuffed an attempt by 11 California cities to take over private geothermal leases on federal land in Lake and Sonoma counties. A three-member panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a ruling by U.S. District Judge John Vukasin that barred the Northern California Power Agency, representing the cities, from condemning the lease held by Grace Geothermal Corp. The cities are Alameda, Biggs, Gridley, Healdsburg, Lodi, Lompoc, Palo Alto, Redding, Roseville, Santa Clara and Ukiah.
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