Legal Opinion
Ramey v. Murphy
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 12, 1985No. A022622PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LOW, P. J.
Even though arrests for violation of Penal Code section 647c1 are made with the knowledge that relatively few will be prosecuted, such knowledge does not establish the officers acted in bad faith or without probable cause.
Plaintiffs instituted a taxpayers’ suit against defendants for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging illegal expenditure of public funds because of *506the San Francisco Police Department’s enforcement of section 647c and San Francisco Municipal (Police) Code sections 22 to 27. (Hereafter Police Code.) Plaintiffs appeal from that portion of the judgment…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- People v. IngleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1960
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