Legal Opinion
Larez v. City of Los Angeles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 27, 1991No. Nos. 89-55541, 89-55801PublishedCited by 311 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:
Six officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), Chief of Police Daryl Gates, and the City of Los Angeles appeal from the district court’s denial of their motion for a new trial after jury verdicts against them in a civil rights trial based on a search of the home of the Larez family. We affirm the denial of the new trial motion as to the six officers, but, because of *634the erroneous admission of hearsay evidence, which we cannot say was harmless, we reverse and remand for a new trial as to Gates and the City.
BACKGROUND
The civil rights action which is the…
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