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LEAGUE OF RES. NEIGH. ADV. v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

No. 06-56211.

498 F.3d 1052 (2007)

The LEAGUE OF RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ADVOCATES, a California non-profit corporation; Larry Faigin; Thomas Larkin; Edward C. Cazier; Cynthia Chvatal; J. Larson Jaenicke; Eliza Lewis; Gary J. Herman, Sr.; Margaret Kuhns; Madeline Warren, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES; Congregation ETZ Chaim; James Hahn, Mayor, City of Los Angeles; Rocky Delgadillo, City Attorney, City of Los Angeles, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 21, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie M. Werlin, McGuire Woods, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Susan S. Azad, Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellee Congregation Etz Chaim.

Tayo A. Popoola, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellees City of Los Angeles, James K. Hahn, and Rocky Delgadillo.

Before: BARRY G. SILVERMAN, W. FLETCHER, and RICHARD R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge:

An Orthodox Jewish congregation applied for a conditional use permit to operate a synagogue in an area zoned solely for residential use. Neighbors of the proposed synagogue objected and, ultimately, the City of Los Angeles denied the application. The Congregation then filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the denial of the permit violated its federal and state constitutional rights. All these claims were later dismissed. However, while the...

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