Action Apartment Association v. Santa Monica Rent Control

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ACTION APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, 

INC., a California corporation;

MATHEW MILLEN,

No. 05-56533 Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.  D.C. No.

CV-04-10343-AHM

SANTA MONICA RENT CONTROL

OPINION

BOARD, a municipal entity; MARY

ANN YURKONIS,

Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California A. Howard Matz, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 18, 2007—San Francisco, California

Filed December 3, 2007

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Raymond C. Fisher, and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Thomas

15615 15618 ACTION APARTMENT ASS’N v. SANTA MONICA

COUNSEL

Robert J. Franklin (argued) and Rosario Perry, Santa Monica, California, attorneys for Plaintiffs-Appellants Action Apart- ment Association, Inc., and Mathew Millen. ACTION APARTMENT ASS’N v. SANTA MONICA 15619 David Pettit and Michael Roth (argued), Los Angeles, Cali- fornia; and David Daniels and Michaelyn Jones, Santa Mon- ica, California, attorneys for Defendants-Appellees, Santa Monica Rent Control Board and Mary Ann…