A commercial landlord sued the County of Los Angeles claiming that the County’s commercial eviction moratorium imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic violated the Contracts Clause in the U.S. Constitution. Although other COVID-19 eviction moratoria cases have asserted Contracts Clause challenges, this one was fairly unique:
The Town of Apple Valley initiated condemnation proceedings to acquire a local water utility. The Town issued all statutorily-required resolutions of necessity, compiling a massive administrative record. After a lengthy bench trial where the parties fought over the proper standard of review, the trial court
A man harassed, threatened, and physically intimidated Los Angeles County employees at multiple County Board of Supervisors meetings and community events. Eventually, he sent messages to female County employees threatening sexual violence. The County obtained four workplace violence restraining orders against him under Code of
Plaintiff sued deputy sheriffs and their supervising sergeant, alleging that the deputies had used excessive force against him. The jury found that one of the deputies had used excessive force but that he reasonably believed that the force was not excessive. The Ninth Circuit affirmed
Faced with a near-overnight proliferation of motorized electric scooters on sidewalks and streets, the City of Los Angeles required e-scooter companies (e.g., Bird, Lime, and Lyft) to provide vehicle location data through a widely-used national interface called Mobility Data Specification. An e-scooter user sued the
Ninth Circuit affirms qualified immunity for teacher sued by student for violation of the Establishment Clause
Santa Clarita Org. for Planning & Environment v. Castaic Lake Water Agency (2016) 1 Cal.App.5th 1084. In a published opinion, Division 2 of the Second DCA upheld the right of GMSR’s client, the Castaic Lake Water Agency, to acquire all of the stock of a privately
Stanton v. Sims, 571 U.S. 3, 134 S. Ct. 3, 187 L. Ed. 2d 341 (2013) (United States Supreme Court). In response to GMSR’s certiorari petition, the United States Supreme Court did not simply grant the petition, but—without further briefing or oral argument—issued a full
In Today’s Fresh Start v. Los Angeles County Office of Education (2013) 57 Cal.4th 197, GMSR partner Alison Turner successfully represented the Los Angeles County Office of Education and Board of Education in a case challenging the procedures for revoking a charter school’s charter. In
For the second time in less than a year, GMSR partner Tim Coates was victorious in the United States Supreme Court, convincing the Court to unanimously reverse a judgment against GMSR client the Los Angeles County Flood Control District. In Los Angeles County Flood Control
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