United States Ninth Circuit
Patel v. City of Los Angeles, 08-56567
In a suit brought by motel owners against the City of Los Angeles, challenging the constitutionality of Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) section 41.49, which requires operators of hotels to maintain certain guest registry information and to make the information available to police officers on request, district court's judgment in favor of the city is affirmed as, the plaintiffs failed to show that they themselves or all hotel owners have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their guest registers, and also failed to show that the inspection of the guest registers authorized by the ordinance is an unreasonable intrusion.
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/17/2012
- Published 07/17/2012
Judges
- CLIFTON
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit