Legal Opinion
Ed Knox, an Individual v. Southwest Airlines, a Texas Corporation, and David Swafford Robert Hopper City of Phoenix, a Municipality
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 5, 1997No. 96-16976PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:
After a dispute at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor Airport, plaintiff Ed Knox was arrested by Phoenix police officers David Swafford and Robert Hopper on charges of trespassing and disorderly conduct. Knox sued Swaf-ford, Hopper, and the City of Phoenix for violating his civil rights. The officers bring this interlocutory appeal from the district court’s denial of their motions for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. We hold that we have jurisdiction over the interlocutory appeal, and we affirm.
BACKGROUND
We deal here with an incident that escalated into a regrettable…
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