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…