Legal Opinion
Willy H. Willis v. Thomas B. Reddin
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 10, 1969No. 23418PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, District Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment entered following an order sustaining appellees’ motion to dismiss.
The complaint alleges that the appellees, four police officers, acting under color of state law, arrested appellant, took him to the police station and removed from appellant’s person $178.00. It is alleged that the money was taken to prevent appellant from making bail and that such action was motivated by the fact that appellant was a poor and indigent Negro.
First we face the problem of jurisdiction. Appellees argue that since nothing is involved but a property right,…
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