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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

San Pedro Hotel Co. v. City of Los Angeles, 159 F.3d 470 (1998)

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San Pedro Hotel Co. v. City of Los Angeles, 159 F.3d 470 (1998)
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San Pedro Hotel Co. v. City of Los Angeles, 159 F.3d 470 (1998)
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1998-11-06

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The Fentises elected to go forward with their claims notwithstanding the loan approval. On June 3, 1996, the district court dismissed the majority of the Fentises’ complaint.8 The district court ruled that the Fentises had no standing to complain of the interference by the City with the sale and renovation of the California Hotel either for damages or equitable relief. Believing that the Fentises might have standing to state a cause of action for retaliation under the Fair Housing Act, see 42 U.S.C. § 3617, the district court allowed the Fentises to amend their complaint to properly state a retaliation claim. In addition, the district court held that Councilman Svorinich was entitled to absolute immunity for his actions “as a councilman voting or persuading his colleagues to vote one way or another on approval of the loan to ACOF.”