International Society for Krishna Consciousness of California, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles

On June 11,1984, the Motion for Summary Judgment of City of Los Angeles requesting declaratory and injunctive relief in both of the above-captioned consolidated matters came on for hearing. Robert C. Moest, attorney for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, David L. Llewellyn, Jr., attorney for the Soldiers of the Cross of Christ; and Jeffrey S. Cohen, attorney for the Fusion Energy Founda tion, National Anti-Drug Coalition and the International Caucus of Labor Committees opposed the City’s Motion for Summary Judgment. James R. Karpel represented the City parties.

Upon consideration of the papers submitted by the parties, the file in this case, their oral argument, and its own research, this Court does not find it possible to reach the merits presented by the summary judgment motion. For the reasons set out below, this Court has determined that it does not have subject matter jurisdiction over Case No. 84-0056-ER. This Court does not have jurisdiction over Case No. 83-5229-ER because there is no live controversy-

BACKGROUND

The first of the two consolidated cases was filed by the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (“ISKCON”) against the City. It was…