NORTHERN CAL. PSYCHIATRIC SOC. v. CITY OF BERKELEY

Docket No. A026125.

178 Cal.App.3d 90 (1986)

223 Cal. Rptr. 609

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. CITY OF BERKELEY, Defendant and Appellant; COALITION TO STOP ELECTROSHOCK, Movant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

February 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Natalie E. West, City Attorney, and Manuela Albuquerque, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendant and Appellant.

David Ferleger and Samuel E. Trosow for Movant and Appellant.

Severson, Werson, Berke & Melchior, Kurt W. Melchior, Mark Joseph Kenney, Onek, Klein & Farr and Joel I. Klein for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Hassard, Bonnington, Rogers & Huber, David E. Willett, Catherine I. Hanson and Richard R. Sheridan as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

WHITE, P.J.

The City of Berkeley, California, appeals from summary judgment entered in favor of The National Association of Private Psychiatric Hospitals, national, state and local professional psychiatric associations, and Ronald Bortman, M.D., an individual psychiatrist and Berkeley taxpayer. We affirm.

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