Legal Opinion
Harper v. City of Los Angeles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 14, 2008No. 06-55519, 06-55715PublishedCited by 878 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAEZ, Circuit Judge:
This case arises from the Los Angeles Police Department’s (“LAPD”) investigation and prosecution of three former police officers, Paul Harper, Brian Liddy, and Edward Ortiz. These officers were implicated in wrongdoing by former LAPD officer Rafael Perez in an event that came to be known as the “Rampart Scandal” — an event that, based on Perez’s own unlawful conduct and his allegations of corruption at the Rampart Division, launched an internal investigation that ultimately implicated scores of police officers, overturned dozens of convictions, and generated intense media…
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