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HORTON v. CITY OF OAKLAND

No. A085460.

98 Cal.Rptr.2d 371 (2000)

82 Cal.App.4th 580

Sam C. HORTON et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CITY OF OAKLAND et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

July 24, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, Alan L. Schlosser, John M. Crew; Michael B. Anderson for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Larson & Weinberg and Nina Wilder for California Attorneys for Criminal Justice as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Jayne Williams, City Attorney (Oakland), Joyce M. Hicks, Assistant City Attorney, Marcia L. Meyers, Supervising Deputy City Attorney; Thomas J. Orloff, District Attorney (Oakland), Russell J. Giuntini, Deputy District Attorney, and Armando G. Cuellar, Jr., Deputy District Attorney, for Defendants and Respondents.

CORRIGAN, J.

Appellants Sam C. Horton and Cheri Bryant, Oakland residents and taxpayers, brought this action to challenge a city ordinance authorizing civil forfeiture of vehicles involved in solicitation of prostitution or acquisition of controlled substances. Appellants argued unsuccessfully below that state law preempts the ordinance. We affirm the trial court's judgment in favor of the defendants.

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