LEIDER v. LEWIS

No. S232622.

2 Cal.5th 1121 (2017)

AARON LEIDER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JOHN LEWIS et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

May 25, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wasserman, Comden & Casselman, Casselman Law Group, David B. Casselman ; Esner, Chang & Boyer and Stuart B. Esner for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Linda Lye , Micaela Davis ; Ahilan Arulanantham ; and David Loy for ACLU of Northern California, ACLU of Southern California and ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks, Lincenberg & Rhow, Dorothy Wolpert and Kimberley M. Miller for Voice for the Animals, Melya Kaplan and Lily Tomlin as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Sullivan & Crowell, Diane L. McGimsey , Edward E. Johnson , Janet Y. Galeria , Jonathon D. Townsend ; Winston & Strawn, Amanda C. Sommerfeld and Bennett J. Kaspar for Animal Legal Defense Fund as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Zeynep J. Graves ; The Bernheim Law Firm, Steven J. Bernheim and Nazo S. Semerjian for Last Chance for Animals as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Michael N. Feuer , City Attorney, Laurie R. Rittenberg , Assistant City Attorney, John A. Carvalho , Deputy City Attorney; Karcher Harmes and Kathryn E. Karcher for Defendants and Appellants.

Duane Morris, Patricia P. Hollenbeck and Heather U. Guerena for Association of Zoos & Aquariums, San Diego Zoo Global, International Elephant Foundation, Phoenix Zoo, North Carolina Zoological Park, Saint Louis Zoo and Busch Gardens Tampa as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley, Michael G. Colantuono and Leonard P. Aslanian for League of California Cities, International Municipal Lawyers Association and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.


OPINION

This taxpayer action arises from claims of elephant abuse at the Los Angeles Zoo, in alleged violation of various Penal Code provisions. An earlier appeal resulted in the reversal of a ruling that the complaint raised nonjusticiable issues of public policy. The case proceeded to trial, and plaintiff was awarded...

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