The latest in the continuing story of the fight against putting a Dollar General store at Sunburst and the highway in Joshua Tree: Having lost their appeal of the approval the store by the State District Court of appeals, the Joshua Tree Downtown Business Alliance is now filing for a review of the case by the California Supreme Court. Reporter Mike Lipsitz has details…
In June, the Fourth Appellate District State Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a Dollar General store in Joshua Tree. For anyone outside the area, the assumption would have been that the appeal’s court ruling was the last word, but for those following the case, it should come as no surprise that tenacious Joshua Tree Downtown Business Alliance has committed to the next step. Earlier this week, legal counsel for the coalition of motivated merchants, civic leaders, and other denizens of Joshua Tree filed a petition for a review of the case by the California Supreme Court. A review by the highest court in the state is discretionary. According to the court’s own website, it receives 7,000 to 8,000 such petitions each year; it grants and hears oral argument in roughly just 80 of those cases. Expectations are that in the next few months the court will decide whether or not it will hear this case. Z107.7 news will bring you that decision as soon as it is made public.
APPROVAL OF JOSHUA TREE DOLLAR GENERAL APPEALED TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT
