Petition DENIED. (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 20, 2012.

Brief of respondent City of Los Angeles, California in opposition filed.

Brief of respondent Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy in opposition filed.

Consent to the filling of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 19, 2011)

Application (11A328) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until November 16, 2011.

Application (11A328) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 16, 2011 to November 16, 2011, submitted to Justice Kennedy.

California Grocers Association, Petitioner, represented by Timothy Mason Sandefur

City of Los Angeles, California, Respondent, represented by Gerald Masahiro Sato

City of Los Angeles, California, et al., Respondent, represented by Henry M. Willis