Legal Opinion
Barry M. Hopkins, Husband and Katie M. Hopkins, Wife v. City of Sierra Vista, Arizona, a Body Politic, and Steven Gerhardt
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 2, 1991No. 89-15944, 89-16542PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
The memorandum disposition filed March 6, 1991, is redesignated as an authored opinion by Judge Beezer.
BEEZER, Circuit Judge:
Barry and Katie Hopkins appeal the grant of summary judgment and the award of attorneys’ fees in favor of the defendants in a civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We reverse and remand for trial on the question of liability and reverse the award of attorneys’ fees.
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Shortly after midnight on April 2, 1988, Plaintiff Barry Hopkins returned to his home at apartment 728 of the Sinaloa Apartments. 1 He played dominoes with his brother-in-law and…
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