After 45-minute hearing Thursday, Judge Joel Wohlfeil says he will evaluate arguments from each side and issue a final ruling soon
Lawyers for taxpayer John Gordon pleaded with a Superior Court judge Thursday to look beyond the language of the Ash Street lease and consider what they said was outside evidence that San Diego city officials were lied to and cheated before acquiring the vacant office tower.
The initial ruling granting Wilmington Trust’s motion for summary judgment came one month after Wohlfeil said in a separate ruling that the plaintiff hadAt the conclusion of the 45-minute hearing on Thursday, the judge said he would take the matter under submission and issue a final ruling in the coming days.
Judge won’t block city’s Ash Street plans but says taxpayer has ‘reasonable probability’ of winning at trial “In light of the incredible importance to our community and the history of our city and the question of integrity in our entire system, I am asking the court if you can go back and give us a chance to have our trial,” said Gordon lawyer Michael Aguirre, the former elected city attorney.
City officials cited the same constitutional provision when they suspended lease payments in September 2020.
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