Patel v. City of San Bernardino

310 F.3d 1134 Pravin D. PATEL; Aruna P. Patel; Sanjay Patel; Harivandan P. Patel; Hansa Patel; Amrut N. Patel; Sita Patel; Jayesh Patel; Suresh Patel; Mahesh Patel; Bhavabhai Patel; Vibhakar B. Patel; Mahendra Patel; Vimalaben V. Patel; Markan Thakar; Chandravadan K.P. Shastri; Pushpa C. Shastri; Vijay K. Shastri; Bhagwatiben V. Shastri; Rajendra Shastri; Anita Shastri, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellee. No. 01-55280. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 4, 2002. Filed November 13, 2002. Frank A. Weiser, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants. James F. Penman, City Attorney, and Robert L. Simmons, Sr., Assistant City Attorney, San Bernardino, CA, for the defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Robert J. Timlin, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-98-00298-RJT. Before: BROWNING, THOMAS and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges. JAMES R. BROWNING, Circuit Judge. 1 Pravin D. Patel and twenty other named plaintiffs sued the city of San Bernardino, California for damages stemming from the city's enforcement of an unlawful tax.…