Benetatos v. City of Los Angeles

Opinion

MOSK, Acting P. J.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs and appellants Jack Benetatos and his son Nick Benetatos (plaintiffs) own and operate Tam’s Burgers No. 6 (Tam’s), a fast-food restaurant in Los Angeles. They appeal from the trial court’s denial of their petition for writ of mandate that sought to overturn defendant and respondent City of Los Angeles’s (City) determination that plaintiffs operated Tam’s in a manner that constituted a nuisance and the City’s imposition of conditions on the continued operation of Tam’s. Plaintiffs argue that the de novo standard of review applies and that the…