CHURCH RETURNS TO COURT : OVERTURNING SOUGHT ON CATHEDRAL RULING.Byline: Rick Orlov Daily News Staff Writer Attorneys for the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Archdiocese arch·di·o·cese n. The district under an archbishop's jurisdiction. arch  di·oc returned to the state Court of Appeal on Friday to try to overturn a Superior Court judge's second prohibition on tearing down St. Vibiana's Cathedral. In a request to have the court overturn the ruling of Superior Court Judge Robert O'Brien, attorney John McNicholas argued that the archdiocese should be allowed to demolish the 120-year-old building since the City Council removed it as a historic-cultural monument. ``Delisting Delisting When the stock of a company is removed from a stock exchange. Notes: Reasons for delisting include violating regulations and/or failure to meet financial specifications set out by the stock exchange. by the City Council freed the cathedral from the landmark laws,'' McNicholas argued. ``The city cannot be required to prepare an environmental impact report as a condition to the delisting and dismantling of the existing building.'' McNicholas also argued again that the archdiocese should not be required to conduct an environmental study on St. Vibiana's because it violates the church's right of free expression. The archdiocese has a similar matter pending before the Court of Appeal on O'Brien's initial ruling that blocked the demolition. ``This is just more of the same,'' said Jack Rubens, attorney for the Los Angeles Conservancy The Los Angeles Conservancy is the preeminent historic preservation organization in Los Angeles, California. It works to document, rescue and revitalize historic buildings, places and neighborhoods in the city. that is challenging the removal of the cathedral as a historic landmark and attempting to force the city to perform an environmental review. ``This is just a carbon copy of what they argued before. We still believe the city had no credible evidence to delist delist To drop a security from trading on an organized exchange. Delisting may occur for a number of reasons including failure to meet an exchange's standards or placement of a new listing on another exchange. Compare list. St. Vibiana's and we will continue to argue that,'' he said. Cardinal Roger Mahony His Eminence Roger Michael Cardinal Mahony (born February 27, 1936) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as the fourth Archbishop of Los Angeles, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1991. had been seeking to demolish the cathedral at Second and Main streets and replace it with a $45 million Cathedral Square Cathedral Square is often the name of the square located in front of the main cathedral of a city. Among others, Cathedral Square can refer to:
Because of the court actions and what he said he anticipates will be further legal challenges, Mahony said he is abandoning the site and looking elsewhere in the downtown area for his project. The state Court of Appeal received the final arguments on the first case Tuesday, but has yet to issue a ruling. |
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