Article: San Diego wins high-profile eminent domain case: cigar shop owner fights on in courtroom and at ballot box.(Legaldigest)

A San Diego merchant who has become one of the state's leading fighters against eminent domain has not only lost his appeal of a trial court decision upholding the taking of his shop, but he has also lost a $9 million award of compensation and attorneys' fees.

The Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled that Ahmad Mesdaq could no longer challenge the taking itself because he had withdrawn money that the San Diego Redevelopment Agency deposited into an account to compensate him. The unanimous three-judge appellate panel also determined that San Diego County Superior Court Judge John Meyer made numerous mistakes during the valuation phases of the litigation.

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