HERNANDEZ v. CITY OF HANFORD

No. S143287.

59 Cal.Rptr.3d 442 (2007)

159 P.3d 33

Adrian HERNANDEZ et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CITY OF HANFORD et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

June 7, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Motschiedler, Michaelides & Wishon and Russell K. Ryan, Fresno, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Deborah J. La Fetra and Timothy Sandefur, Sacramento, for Pacific Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Howard Rice Nemerovski, Canady Falk & Rabkin, Steven L. Mayer, San Francisco; Kahn, Soares & Conway, Michael J. Noland, Hanford, and Rissa A. Stuart, for Defendants and Respondents.

Hanson Bridgett Marcus Vlahos & Rudy and Thomas B. Brown, San Francisco, for League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


GEORGE, C.J.

This case involves a constitutional challenge to a zoning ordinance enacted by the City of Hanford in 2003. In order to protect the economic viability of Hanford's downtown commercial district—a prominent feature of which is a large number of regionally well-regarded retail furniture stores—the challenged ordinance generally prohibits the sale of furniture in another commercial district in Hanford (currently designated the Planned Commercial...

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