Legal Opinion
Cunningham v. Gates
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 31, 2000No. Nos. 98-55108, 98-55208, 98-55855, 98-56077, 98-56081 and 99-55136PublishedCited by 412 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Senior Circuit Judge:
This consolidated appeal requires us to * decide whether certain Los Angeles city officials are entitled to qualified immunity from suits initiated by several alleged victims of excessive force by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). In three separate lawsuits, Robert Cunningham, Grover Smith, and the parents of Daniel Soly,2 sued the city of Los Angeles (City) and numerous City officials, alleging the defendants either used excessive force, acquiesced in the use of excessive force, or engaged in an unconstitutional policy of indemnifying LAPD officers…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by412 opinions
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- Batzel v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
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