A class action lawsuit against fifty-nine red light camera programs in the state of California will be heard before Judge William H. Alsup in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. Attorney Bruce L. Simon, who is suing Redflex Traffic Systems and American Traffic Solutions (ATS), moved Friday that the case return to the state court system. Simon argues that the contracts of Redflex and ATS with municipalities are illegal under California law.
Simon had initially filed the case on behalf of motorist S.D. Jadeja in the San Mateo County Superior Court, a venue that has already ruled that red light camera cost-neutrality contracts violate state law (view decision). The class action suit is designed to go after the companies profiting from this type of illegal arrangement. ATS moved last month to have the case heard in federal court where judges have ruled more favorably toward automated ticketing machines. Simon wants the case back in the state courts.
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