Gomez v. The City Of Watsonville

863 F.2d 1407 Dolores Cruz GOMEZ; Patricia Leal; and Waldo Rodriguez, Plaintiffs- Appellants, v. The CITY OF WATSONVILLE; Ann Soldo, Mayor of the City of Watsonville; Rex Clark; Vido Deretich; Joe Marsano; Roy Ingersoll; Betty Murphy; Gwen Carroll, councilmembers of the City of Watsonville, in their official capacities as members of the City Council of the City of Watsonville; Lorraine Washington, City Clerk, in her official capacity as City Clerk for the City of Watsonville, California, Defendants-Appellees. No. 87-1751. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 15, 1988. Decided July 27, 1988. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Dec. 7, 1988. Joaquin G. Avila, Fremont, Cal. (argued), with Barbara Y. Phillips, Rosen & Phillips, Morris J. Baller, Marron Reid & Sheehy, and Denise Hulett and Jose Garza, Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., San Francisco, Cal., on the briefs, for plaintiffs-appellants. Vincent R. Fontana, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, New York City, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before…