Legal Opinion
Kott v. City of Fairbanks
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided March 11, 1983No. 6715PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COMPTON, Justice.
Sergeant Casimer Kott was dismissed from the Fairbanks Police Department because he erased a portion of a videotape. The portion he erased contained material that could have been construed as evidence that he used excessive force against a person arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. This is an appeal taken by Kott from the judgment of the superior court affirming his dismissal. Kott’s principal arguments on appeal are that (1) the superior court’s findings of fact are not supported by substantial evidence, and (2) the remedy of dismissal is a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Kreck v. Board of Public SafetyNew York Supreme Court · 1971
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