DeGRASSI v. CITY OF GLENDORA

Nos. 98-55802, 98-56228.

207 F.3d 636 (2000)

Christine DeGRASSI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF GLENDORA, a Municipal corporation; Arthur Cook; Paul Butler; Sue Bauer; Marshall Mouw; Albert Fishman; Molly A. MacLeod; Gary W. Andrews; Connie Andrews; Betty Andrews Van Vliet, Defendants-Appellees. Christine DeGrassi, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. City of Glendora, a Municipal corporation; Gary W. Andrews; Connie Andrews; Betty Andrews Van Vliet; Ronald A. Morales; Molly A. MacLeod; Arthur Cook; Paul Butler; Sue Bauer; Marshall Mouw; Albert Fishman; Gary And Lowell Andrews, Inc., a corporation, dba Andrews, Inc.; Burke, Williams and Sorensen, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Kern, Pomona, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Richard R. Terzian, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, Los Angeles, California, and Scott J. Vida and Daniel P. Barer, Pollak, Vida & Fisher, Los Angeles, California, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: BRUNETTI and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.


SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge:

Christine DeGrassi was a member of the Glendora City Council (the Council). She seeks indemnity for her attorney's fees from the City of Glendora (the City) under the California Tort Claims Act. She also seeks damages from various City officials and private parties for alleged civil rights violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We must decide: 1) whether a city council member sued for statements made in the scope of her duties as...

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