Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council,Inc. (TSPC), et al.
Petitioners
Michael M. Berger, Counsel of RecordIn 1981, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) — set up by the Federal Government and the States of California and Nevada — enacted a temporary moratorium on new construction in certain areas of the Lake Tahoe region in the Sierra Nevada mountains while it came up with a long-term plan for preserving the lake’s environment. Three years later, when that temporary moratorium was changed to a permanent ban quickly followed by a court-ordered injunction, the Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, which represented 700 private landowners whose property had been affected, filed suit, requesting financial compensation from…
