LONE STAR SEC. & VIDEO v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Nos. 07-56521, 07-56575.

572 F.3d 685 (2009)

LONE STAR SECURITY & VIDEO, INC., a California Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, and Fred Parks, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant-Appellant. Lone Star Security & Video, Inc., a California Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Fred Parks, Plaintiff, v. City of Los Angeles, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 10, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rockard J. Delgadillo, City Attorney; Laurie Rittenberg, Assistant City Attorney; and Michael D. Nagle (argued), Deputy City Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellant-cross-appellee.

George M. Wallace, Wallace, Brown & Schwartz, Pasadena, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee-cross-appellant.

Before BETTY B. FLETCHER, RAYMOND C. FISHER and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges.


FISHER, Circuit Judge:

The City of Los Angeles routinely towed vehicles owned by Lone Star Security & Video, Inc. (Lone Star) for violating an ordinance that Lone Star contends was preempted by the California Vehicle Code. Lone Star brought a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, arguing that because the ordinance was invalid under state law, the City violated Lone Star's due process rights under the United States Constitution. We must decide not simply whether this...

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