Lone Star Security & Video, Inc. v. Los Angeles, No. 07-56521

In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that a city ordinance under which Plaintiff's vehicle was towed was invalid under state law, summary judgment for Plaintiff is reversed, where Plaintiff's claim that the ordinance contravened state law failed to raise a colorable federal question.

Read Lone Star Security & Video, Inc. v. Los Angeles, No. 07-56521

Appellate Information

Argued and Submitted May 7, 2009

Filed July 10, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Judge Fisher

Counsel

For Appellant:

Michael D. Nagle, Deputy City Attorney, Los Angeles, CA

For Appellee:

George M. Wallace, Wallace, Brown & Schwartz, Pasadena, CA