STONE v. CITY OF PRESCOTT

No. 97-17121.

173 F.3d 1172 (1999)

Joanne STONE; James Craig, Jovita Fine, Joseph Wenzel, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Charlene Craig, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF PRESCOTT, a municipality entity; Hassayampa Lake Holdings, L.L.C., Defendants-Appellees, and Malcolm Barrett; Lindsay Bell; Paul Daly; Louis Franyi; Nancy Holaday; Philip King; Mary Ann Suttles; Karen Thompson; Daiton Rutkowski; Harold Wise; John Moffitt, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 2, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Fortner, Prescott, Arizona, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Ralph M. Hess, Prescott Legal Department, Prescott, Arizona, for the defendant-appellee City of Prescott.

Before: Harlington Wood, Jr., David R. Thompson, and Sidney R. Thomas, Circuit Judges.


THOMAS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs claim that the City of Prescott and its elected officials violated their civil rights by depriving them of the opportunity to petition for a city-wide referendum challenging certain real property transfers. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the City. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

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In October 1995, the city council of Prescott, Arizona ("City") passed Ordinance...

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