City of South Pasadena v. Mineta

284 F.3d 1154 CITY OF SOUTH PASADENA; National Trust for Historic Preservation; Sierra Club; California Preservation Foundation; Los Angeles Conservancy; South Pasadena Preservation Foundation; South Pasadena Unified School District, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Norman Y. MINETA, Secretary of Transportation, * Defendant, and Jeff Morales, Director, California Department of Transportation; ** California Department of Transportation; California Transportation Commission, Defendants-Appellants. No. 99-56205. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 5, 2001. Filed March 28, 2002. Glenn B. Mueller, Deputy Attorney General, California Transportation Commission, San Diego, CA, argued, defendants-appellants. Antonio Rossmann, Law Office of Antonio Rossmann, San Francisco, CA, argued, plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Dean D. Pregerson, District Judge, Presiding. Before KOZINSKI and THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and COLLINS, District Judge. *** OPINION KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge: 1 We answer the question that must be on everyone's mind: Is the State of California barred from invoking its sovereign…