• MHC Financing Limited Partnership v. City of San Rafael

    Publication Date: 2013-04-17
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    Date Filed: 2013-04-17
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Vaughn R. Walker, District Judge, Presiding Before: Jerome Farris, Sidney R. Thomas, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Bradford (argued), Barry Levenstam, Lisa T. Scruggs, and Bradley M. Yusim, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants­-Appellants.
    for defendant: Michael von Loewenfeldt (argued) and James M. Wagstaffe, Kerr & Wagstaffe LLP, San Francisco, California; Robert F. Epstein, Ragghianti Freitas LLP, San Rafael, California, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee-Appellee City of San Rafael. Gordon C. Atkinson (argued), Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, San Francisco, California, for Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant-Cross-Appellee-Appellee Contempo Marin Homeowners Association. R.S. Radford, Pacific Legal Foundation Sacramento, California, for Amicus Curiae Pacific Legal Foundation. Elliot L. Bien and Amy E. Margolin, Bien & Summers, Novato, California, for Amicus Curiae Western Manufactured Housing Association. Andrew W. Schwartz, Fran M. Layton, Matthew D. Zinn, and Amanda R. Garcia, Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP, San Francisco, California, for Amicus Curiae League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties. Bruce E. Stanton, Law Offices of Bruce E. Stanton, San Jose, California, for Amicus Curiae Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners' League, Inc.

    Case Number: No. 07-15982 No. 09-16447 No. 09-16451 No. 09-16612 No. 09-16613

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 3839MHC FINANCING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, an Illinois limited partnership; GRAPELAND VISTAS, INC., a California corporation, Plaintiff