Gifford v. City of Los Angeles

Opinion

ARMSTRONG, J.

In 1998 the City of Los Angeles, through the Los Angeles Police Department (Police Department), refused respondent Arthur S. Gifford’s application for a concealed firearm license. (Pen. Code, § 12050.) Gifford filed a petition for writ of mandate (Code Civ. Proc., § 1085), alleging that the Police Department was obligated to give him the license pursuant to a stipulated judgment in earlier litigation, Lake v. City of Los Angeles (Super. Ct. L.A. County, 1996, No. PC008329). In response, the Police Department argued that the Lake judgment did not relieve Gifford of the…