SAN FRANCISCO FORTY-NINERS v. NISHIOKA

No. A083687.

89 Cal.Rptr.2d 388 (1999)

75 Cal.App.4th 637

SAN FRANCISCO FORTY-NINERS, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Naomi NISHIOKA, as Acting Director, etc, et al. Defendants and Respondents; Douglas Comstock et al. Real Parties in Interest and Appellants.

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

Review Denied January 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Parrinello, Nielsen, Merksamer, Parrinello, Mueller & Naylor, LLP, Mill Valley, Attorneys for Plaintiff/Respondent San Francisco Forty-Niners.

Louise H. Renne, City Attorney, Dennis Aftergut, Chief Assistant City Attorney, Ellen M. Forman, Molly S. Stump, Deputy City Attorneys City and County of San Francisco Office of the City Attorney, Attorneys for Defendants/Respondents Naomi Nishioka et al.

Charles H. Bell, Jr., Thomas W. Hiltachk, Santa Monica, James F. Sweeney, Sacramento, Bell, McAndrews & Hiltachk, Santa Monica, Attorneys for Real Parties in Interest/Appellants Douglas Comstock et al.


MARCHIANO, J.

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