CHULA VISTA CITIZENS FOR JOBS AND FAIR v. NORRIS

Case No. 09cv0897 BEN (JMA).

875 F.Supp.2d 1128 (2012)

CHULA VISTA CITIZENS FOR JOBS AND FAIR COMPETITION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Donna NORRIS, et al., Defendants, and State of California, Intervenor.

United States District Court, S.D. California.

March 22, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian T. Hildreth , Charles H. Bell, Jr. , Bell McAndrews & Hiltachk LLP, Sacramento, CA, Gary D. Leasure , Workman Leasure, LLP, San Diego, CA, James Bopp, Jr. , Noel Henry Johnson , The Bopp Law Firm, Joseph E. La Rue , Bopp Coleson & Bostrom, Terra Haute, IN, for Plaintiffs.

Bart C. Miesfeld , Office of the City Attorney, Chula Vista, CA, Charles A. Bird , McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, Edward P. Swan, Jr. , Jones Day, San Diego, CA, for Defendants.


ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT and GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

ROGER T. BENITEZ, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

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