Steve Klein et al v. City of Laguna Beach et al

Filing 118

DEFENDANT'S REVISED JUDGMENT by Judge Cormac J. Carney, Related to: Judgment, 99 (twdb)

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1 RUTAN & TUCKER, LLP Philip D. Kohn (State Bar No. 90158) 2 pkohn@rutan.com Michelle Molko (State Bar No. 262206) 3 mmolko@rutan.com 611 Anton Boulevard, Fourteenth Floor 4 Costa Mesa, California 92626-1931 Telephone: (714) 641-5100 5 Facsimile: (714) 546-9035 6 Attorneys for Defendant CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SOUTHERN DIVISION 10 11 STEVE KLEIN, HOWARD PUTNAM and GLEN BIONDI, 12 Plaintiffs, 13 14 Case No. SACV 08-1369 CJC (MLGx) DEFENDANT’S REVISED JUDGMENT v. 15 16 CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH, and DOES 1 through 10, 17 Defendants. 18 19 This Court filed an Order, dated May 24, 2011, granting in part and denying 20 in part the Motion for Summary Judgment filed by Plaintiffs’ Steve Klein, Howard 21 Putnam and Glen Biondi (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and the Cross-motion for 22 Summary Judgment filed by Defendant City of Laguna Beach (“City”). This Court 23 granted Judgment in accordance with that Order on June 14, 2011. On appeal from 24 that Judgment, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a Memorandum dated July 18, 25 2013, affirmed in part, and reversed in part, this Court's Judgment. Judgment is 26 hereby entered in accordance with the Ninth Circuit’s Memorandum and the Court’s 27 June 14, 2011 Judgment, to the extent it was not appealed or was affirmed by the 28 Ninth Circuit. Rutan & Tucker, LLP attorneys at law 2399/053733-0549 6145673.3 a09/16/13 -1DEFENDANT’S REVISED JUDGMENT 1 It is ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED as follows: 2 A. Judgment is entered in favor of Plaintiffs on: 1. 3 Their claim for nominal damages, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4 § 1983, that the repealed Laguna Beach Municipal Code Sections 5 5.40.10 and 5.40.20 violated Plaintiffs’ free speech rights 6 contained in the First Amendment of the United States 7 Constitution as-applied to Plaintiffs’ proposed amplified speech 8 activity; and 2. 9 Their claim for nominal damages, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 10 § 1983, that the repealed Laguna Beach Municipal Code Section 11 7.25.120 violated Plaintiffs’ free speech rights contained in the 12 First Amendment of the United States Constitution as-applied to 13 Plaintiffs’ proposed amplified speech activity immediately 14 adjacent to the Laguna Beach City Hall and in the downtown 15 business district area of the City between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. 16 Each Plaintiff shall recover nominal damages of $1.00 for each of these 17 claims. 18 B. Judgment is entered in favor of the City on: 1. 19 Plaintiffs’ claim for nominal damages, brought pursuant to 42 20 U.S.C. § 1983, that the repealed Laguna Beach Municipal Code 21 Section 7.25.120 violated Plaintiffs’ free speech rights contained 22 in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution as- 23 applied to Plaintiffs’ proposed amplified speech activity adjacent 24 to Laguna Beach High School; 2. 25 Plaintiffs’ claims for declaratory and injunctive relief for 26 violation of the First Amendment to the United States 27 Constitution as-applied to all of Plaintiffs’ proposed amplified 28 speech activity; Rutan & Tucker, LLP attorneys at law 2399/053733-0549 6145673.3 a09/16/13 -2DEFENDANT’S REVISED JUDGMENT 3. 1 Plaintiffs’ claims for nominal damages, declaratory relief and 2 injunctive relief for violation of Article I, Section 2 of the 3 California Constitution as-applied to all of Plaintiffs’ proposed 4 amplified speech activity; and 4. 5 Plaintiffs’ claim for violation of the California Bane Act, Cal. Civil Code § 52.1. 6 These claims are dismissed with prejudice and Plaintiffs shall recover 7 8 nothing by way of these claims. 9 It is FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs shall be entitled to recover their 10 costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees, if and to the extent permitted by law, by way of 11 a subsequent motion. 12 13 14 DATED: September 18, 2013 Hon. Cormac J. Carney United States District Judge 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Rutan & Tucker, LLP attorneys at law 2399/053733-0549 6145673.3 a09/16/13 -3DEFENDANT’S REVISED JUDGMENT

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