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BUTTLER v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Docket No. 68467.

153 Cal.App.3d 520 (1984)

200 Cal. Rptr. 372

LEROY BUTTLER et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Seven.

March 22, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Isaac & Marks, Godfrey Isaac, Rosalind Marks and Christopher Chapin for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Ira Reiner, City Attorney, John T. Neville, Senior Assistant City Attorney, Richard M. Helgeson, Assistant City Attorney, and Katherine J. Hamilton, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

JOHNSON, J.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing plaintiffs' action for failure to bring the case to trial within five years of its commencement and from an order denying plaintiffs' motion to vacate the order of dismissal. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse the dismissal order. We do not reach the order denying the motion to vacate.

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On November 19, 1976, plaintiff...

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