Metro Lights, L.L.C. v. City of Los Angeles

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

METRO LIGHTS, L.L.C., a New  York limited liability company, Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 07-55179 v.  D.C. No.

CV-04-01037-

CITY OF LOS ANGELES, a California GAF(Ex) municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellant. 

METRO LIGHTS, L.L.C., a New  York limited liability company, No. 07-55207 Plaintiff-Appellant, v.  D.C. No.

CV-04-01037-GAF

CITY OF LOS ANGELES, a California

OPINION

municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Gary A. Feess, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 4, 2008—Pasadena, California

Filed January 6, 2009

Before: David R. Thompson, Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge O’Scannlain

35 METRO LIGHTS v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

COUNSEL

Kenneth T. Fong, Deputy City Attorney for the City of Los Angeles, California, argued the cause for the defendant- appellant and cross-appellee and filed the briefs; Rockard Delgadillo, City Attorney, Claudia…