California Court of Appeal

Plaintiff's challenge, alleging male victims of domestic violence have been denied access to domestic violence shelters based on their sex, is dismissed where plaintiff lacks standing to bring this action.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/14/2005
• Published 02/14/2005

Judges

• KRIEGLER, J.*

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Law Office of Marc E. Angelucci and Marc E. Angelucci for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• O'Melveny & Myers, Gordon E. Krischer, Adam J. Karr, Jeffrey E. Raskin, Los Angeles;  California Women's Law Center, Vicky Barker, Manhattan Beach, Nancy Solomon, Woburn, MA and Marci Fukuroda for Defendants and Respondents Jewish Family Services of Los Angeles, House of Ruth, Su Casa Family Crisis and Support Center, Domestic Violence Center of the Santa Clarita Valley, Rainbow Services, Ltd., Peace and Joy Care Center, Southern California Alcohol and Drug Program, Inc., Haven Hills, Inc., and Young Women's Christian Association of Glendale, California., Morris Polich & Purdy, Beth Kahn, Richard H. Nakamura, Jr., Los Angeles, and Maureen M. Home for Defendant and Respondent Haven House, Inc., DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary U.S., and Justin S. Suhr, Los Angeles, for Battered Women's Justice Project as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents., Helene E. Swanson and Jaime M. Gher, San Francisco, for The California Commission on the Status of Women as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents., Nancy K.D. Lemon and Amy Keating for California Alliance Against Domestic Violence as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.