PAULSON v. CITY OF SAN DIEGO

Nos. 06-55769, 06-55835, 06-55919.

475 F.3d 1047 (2007)

Philip K. PAULSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, and Society of Separationists Inc., Plaintiff, v. CITY OF SAN DIEGO, aka City of San Diego California, Defendant-Appellant, and Mt. Soledad Memorial Association, Inc., Defendant. Philip K. Paulson, Plaintiff-Appellee, San Diegans for the Mt. Soledad National War Memorial, Appellant, and Society of Separationists Inc., Plaintiff, City of San Diego, aka City of San Diego California, Defendant, and Mt. Soledad Memorial Association, Inc., Defendant-Appellant. Philip K. Paulson, Plaintiff-Appellee, San Diegans for the Mt. Soledad National War Memorial, Appellant, v. City of San Diego, aka City of San Diego California; Mt. Soledad Memorial Association, Inc., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 12, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. McElroy, San Diego, California, for plaintiff-appellee Philip K. Paulson.

Michael J. Aguirre, City Attorney, and David J. Karlin, Deputy City Attorney, San Diego, California, for defendant-appellant City of San Diego.

Robert Joseph Muise, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for proposed intervenor San Diegans for the Mt. Soledad National War Memorial.

Sue Ellen Wooldridge, Assistant Attorney General; Ryan D. Nelson, Deputy Assistant Attorney General; and Kathryn E. Kovacs, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Appellate Section, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae United States of America.

Before: Harry Pregerson, Ronald M. Gould, and Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges.


GOULD, Circuit Judge.

The appeal by the City of San Diego ("the City") of the district court's May 3, 2006 order to enforce a December 3, 1991 injunction under California constitutional authority is moot. See Paulson v. City of San Diego, Civ. No. 89-0820GT, 2006 WL 3656149, 2006). U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44740 (S.D.Cal. May 3, 2006). On August 14, 2006, federal legislation transferred title of the Mount Soledad Veterans War Memorial to the United States. See Preservation...

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