GMSR has long represented public entities throughout California. As a result, GMSR’s appellate lawyers are intimately familiar with the issues that these entities regularly confront, including federal civil rights claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, tort liability and immunity, land use, eminent domain, labor and employment, and education law. GMSR’s experience includes significant victories at the U.S. Supreme Court, numerous appeals, and regular consultations on trial court law-and-motion matters. GMSR partner Tim Coates also co-authored a chapter on federal civil rights liability in the CEB publication California Government Tort Liability Practice (4th ed. 2004).
Mlikotin v. County of Riverside (2000) 2000 Cal. LEXIS 1154
Land use claims against county
Meek v. Wojcik (9th Cir. 1999) 183 F.3rd 962
Absolute judicial immunity for alleged wrongful discharge of court commissioner
Plattner v. City of Riverside (1999) 69 Cal.App.4th 1441
Municipal liability for inoperative street light as dangerous condition on public property
Meister v. Regents of University of California (1998) 67 Cal.App.4th 437
Propriety of denying attorney’s fees incurred after settlement offer that would have provided plaintiff with all the relief he ultimately achieved
DeCuir v. County of Los Angeles (1998) 64 Cal.App.4th 75
Mandamus proceeding as proper remedy to recover lost future wages by unsuccessful applicant on civil service exam
Corder v. Gates (9th Cir. 1991) 947 F.2d 374
Judgment and attorney’s fees in section 1983 case subject to offset for settlements paid by co-defendants
Colome v. State Athletic Com. (1996) 47 Cal.App.4th 1444
State Athletic Commission’s employees and physicians entitled to statutory immunity in connection with licensure decisions
Browne v. Regents of the University of California (1996, B100058)
Pursuit of “whistleblower” retaliation action when employee already lost administrative claim
Rios v. McCarty (1996, B100545)
Government Code section 830.6 immunity
McGill v. Regents of University of California (1996) 44 Cal.App.4th 1776
Scope of judicial review for academic tenure decisions
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