The San Remo Hotel L.P. v. San Francisco City And County

364 F.3d 1088 The SAN REMO HOTEL L.P.; Thomas Field; Robert Field; T & R Investment Corp., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SAN FRANCISCO CITY AND COUNTY, a Municipal Corporation; Department of City Planning; City Planning Commission; Opinion Board of Permit Appeals; Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, Defendants-Appellees. No. 03-15853. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 8, 2004. Filed April 14, 2004. Paul F. Utrecht (argued), San Francisco, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Andrew W. Schwartz (argued), Office of the City Attorney, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee City and County of San Francisco. Meriem L. Hubbard, Sacramento, California, for Amicus Curiae Pacific Legal Foundation in support of the plaintiffs-appellants. Timothy J. Dowling, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae California State Association of Counties, League of California Cities, and International Municipal Lawyers Association, in support of the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, D. Lowell Jensen, District Judge, Presiding. Before: FERNANDEZ, HAWKINS, and…