United States Ninth Circuit

In long-running litigation involving the constitutionality of California's statutory procedure addressing escheat, grant of a motion to dissolve an injunction preventing the operation of California's escheat process is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) on its face, the state's new procedure complies with the due process standard previously established by the Supreme Court; 2) there was no abuse of discretion in dissolving the injunction; but 3) a denial of interim attorney's fees to plaintiffs was an abuse of discretion under the circumstances.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/24/2008
• Decided 05/12/2008
• Published 05/12/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before:  ROBERT R. BEEZER, ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William W. Palmer, Law Office of William W. Palmer, Sacramento, CA, for the appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robin Johansen, Remcho, Johansen & Purcell, LLP, San Leandro, CA, for the appellees.