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- Rep. John Duarte, a vulnerable House Republican, owns a family tree farm in California. His farm is facing a new lawsuit alleging that they deceptively sold the wrong kind of lemon tree. That's on top of an existing 2015 lawsuit alleging that his farm sold defective pistachio trees.
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Oct 10, 2013 · The Army Corps of Engineers, which considers vernal pools to be wetlands, ordered Duarte Nursery to stop farming its land, without giving the company a hearing. This violates the Fifth Amendment’s prohibition against the government depriving any person of their property without due process of law.
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But just before his trial was set to start Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Sacramento, Duarte settled, admitting no liability, but agreeing to pay $330,000 in civil penalty fines and another $770,000 for “compensatory mitigation,” in vernal pool mitigation credits.
Nov 2, 2023 · Rep. John Duarte, a vulnerable House Republican, owns a family tree farm in California. His farm is facing a new lawsuit alleging that they deceptively sold the wrong kind of lemon tree.
Aug 15, 2017 · John Duarte, a California nursery owner who was sued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for plowing a wheat field without a Clean Water Act permit, has reached a $1.1 million settlement with...
Aug 15, 2017 · According to Central Valley Business Times, Duarte, who owns and operates Duarte Nursery of Modesto, has agreed to pay $1.1 million in civil penalties and mitigation as well as restore creeks, streams, and wetlands to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act on property located in Tehama County.
Aug 15, 2017 · Duarte has agreed to pay $1.1 million in civil penalties and mitigation for 22 acres of disturbed streams and wetlands and to permanently protect creeks on the property that are connected to the Sacramento River.
Aug 10, 2022 · A suit over defective pistachio trees from Duarte Nursery of Hughson CA remained unresolved as of August 2022. Defendants include House candidate John Duarte.
