Legal Opinion

United States v. City of Los Angeles

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided April 22, 2002No. Nos. 01-55182, 01-55453PublishedCited by 105 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, various third parties contend that the district court erred by denying their motions for intervention. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

I

In the underlying action, the United States alleged that the City of Los Angeles (“the City”), the Board of Police Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles Police Department (“LAPD”) (collectively, the “City defendants”) engaged in a pattern or practice of depriving individuals of constitutional rights through the use of excessive force, false arrests and improper searches and seizures in…

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