United States Ninth Circuit

Homeowners of historic landmarks have standing to challenge city's failure to properly consult them when constructing public housing in their neighborhood even after the housing was built because they may be able to prevent or mitigate adverse effects on plaintiffs' porperies.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/16/2000
• Decided 12/15/2000
• Published 12/15/2000

Judges

• TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:, Before:  KLEINFELD, TASHIMA, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Antonio Rossmann, San Francisco, California, and Laurel S. Stanley, Stanley & Rose, Oakland, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lisa-Anne M. Wong, Deputy City Attorney, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee City and County of San Francisco., Sean H. Donahue, Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee Andrew Cuomo, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development., Stuart C. Plunkett, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, San Francisco, California, for defendants-appellees Mission Housing Development Corporation and 1010 SVN Associates.