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Article: Suit Targets Cities Over Cameras at Stop Lights.(San Diego's red light camera system)(Legal Beat)(Brief Article)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- October 1, 2001
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A recent state court ruling on red light camera enforcement has sparked a lawsuit against the cities of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and West Hollywood concerning their ticketing programs.
The lawsuit, for which class-action status is sought, was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court by two San Diego attorneys who are backing up their case with the Sept. 4 action of a state judge who threw out 290 tickets issued by the city of San Diego's red light camera system.
That case claimed that the city's program was enforced illegally by the city and Lockheed Martin NS Corp., now owned by Dallas-based ACS.
Superior Court Judge Ronald Styn ruled that the ...