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  • September 30, 2010 | National Law Journal

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  • October 10, 2001 | National Law Journal

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  • December 11, 2001 | The Recorder

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  • December 11, 2001 | The Recorder

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  • McWilliams v. City of Long Beach

    Publication Date: 2013-04-25
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2013-04-25
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz, Francis M. Gregorek, Rachele R. Rickert, Marisa C. Livesay; Chimicles & Tikellis, Nicholas E. Chimicles, Timothy N. Mathews; Tostrud Law Group, Jon Tostrud; Cuneo Gilbert & Laduca and Sandra W. Cuneo for Plaintiff and Appellant. Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, Joy A. Kruse; Lockridge Grindal Nauen, Kate Baxter-Kauf, Elizabeth R. Odette; and Edward M. Teyssier for Consumer Action, National Association of Shareholder and Consumer Attorneys and Tax Foundation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Shannon, City Attorney, J. Charles Parkin, Assistant City Attorney, Monte H. Machit, Principal Deputy City Attorney; Colantuono & Levin, Michael G. Colantuono, Sandra J. Levin,Tiana J. Murillo and Jon R. Di Christina for Defendant and Respondent. Dennis J. Herrera, City Attorney (San Francisco), Julie Van Nostern, Chief Tax Attorney, and Peter J. Keith, Deputy City Attorney, for League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. S?202037

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 4090JOHN W. McWILLIAMS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF LONG BEAC