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MITCHELL v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. Crim. 24790.

49 Cal.3d 1230 (1989)

783 P.2d 731

265 Cal. Rptr. 144

JAMES LLOYD MITCHELL et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

December 28, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Joseph Caliore, Dennis Roberts, Robert L. Thorp, Michael Kennedy, Thomas Steel and Emily Graham for Petitioners.

Ephraim Margolin and Amitai Schwartz as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Daniel J. Kremer and Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, William D. Stein and John H. Sugiyama, Assistant Attorneys General, Clifford K. Thompson, Dane R. Gillette, Aileen Bunney and Christopher J. Wei, Deputy Attorneys General, Arlo Smith, District Attorney, and Bernard Walter, Deputy District Attorney, for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

EAGLESON, J.

The Red Light Abatement Law (hereafter RLAL) (Pen. Code, § 11225 et seq.)1 provides for injunctions to abate nuisances on premises where prostitution and lewdness occur. The trial court found petitioners in violation of an injunction issued under the RLAL. Section 11229 makes violation of such an injunction a contempt of court, and...

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