Cashman v. City of Cotati

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: July 14, 2005
• Docket: 03-15066
• Status: Published

Opinion

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

GENE CASHMAN; ATHENA SUTSOS,  No. 03-15066 Plaintiffs-Appellants, D.C. No. v. CV-99-03641-SBA/ CITY OF COTATI, a municipal  RS corporation, Northern District of Defendant-Appellee. California, Oakland

 ORDER

Filed July 15, 2005

Before: Arthur L. Alarcón, Robert R. Beezer, and William A. Fletcher, Circuit Judges.

ORDER

This court suspended consideration of appellee’s petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc pending the Supreme Court’s issuance of a decision in Lingle v. Chevron USA, 125 S. Ct. 2074 (2005). The Supreme Court’s opinion in Lingle requires us to grant the City of Cotati’s petition for rehearing and to withdraw our opinion filed July 15, 2004.

We affirm the district court’s judgment in favor of the City of Cotati. See, e.g., Lentini v. Center for the Arts, 370 F.3d 837, 850 (9th Cir. 2004) (affirming district court’s judgment after trial on a different ground). Cashman’s takings claim, which alleges that the City of Cotati’s mobilehome park rent control ordinance effects an unconstitutional regulatory taking by failing to substantially advance a legitimate government interest, is foreclosed by Lingle. 125 S. Ct. at 2087 (holding 8249 8250 CASHMAN v. CITY OF COTATI that the “substantially advances formula is not a valid takings test” (internal quotation marks omitted)).

The petition for rehearing is GRANTED. Our prior opinion filed July 15, 2004 is WITHDRAWN. The district court’s judgment in favor of the City of Cotati is AFFIRMED. PRINTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE—U.S. COURTS BY THOMSON/WEST—SAN FRANCISCO

The summary, which does not constitute a part of the opinion of the court, is copyrighted © 2005 Thomson/West.