Weber

ORDER GRANTING PLAINIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON THE FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION AND GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY ADJUDICATION OF ISSUES

I. INTRODUCTION AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment and summary adjudication of issues came on regularly for hearing on December 1, 1997. Having carefully considered the papers submitted and oral argument of counsel, the Court hereby GRANTS summary judgment on the First Cause of Action in favor of plaintiffs, and GRANTS IN PART AND DENIES IN PART plaintiffs’ motion for summary adjudication of issues.

This case arises out of the allegedly discriminatory treatment of families “with children by the Vista De Anza Apartments in Torrance.

Plaintiffs Maureen Tabón and her minor son, Eric Tabón (“the Tabons”) filed their original complaint against Chuck (Charles) Weber, 207 Anza Associates, Mary Russell, and Douglas Russell, individually and doing business as Vista De Anza Apartments (hereafter referred to collectively as “De Anza Apartments”), on December 12, 1996. The eurrently-operative First Amended Complaint (“1AC”), filed October 28, 1997, added the Fair Housing Congress of…