A state Supreme Court ruling upholding the legality of the California Coastal Commission in June has been appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Sacramento attorney Ronald A. Zumbrun filed the appeal yesterday on behalf of the Marine Forests Society, a nonprofit group dedicated to creating and restoring marine habitats. "Our contention is that the California Supreme Court, by acting in an abrupt and arbitrary manner, denied my client due process and the right to just compensation for its property interests," Zumbrun said. Marine Forests Society challenged the commission's legality in 1999 after the agency forced it to remove an artificial...