Legal Opinion
Jose Flores v. City of Westminster
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 11, 2017No. 14-56832PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FARRIS, Senior Circuit Judge:
Jose Flores, Ryan Reyes, and Brian Perez, three police officers of Latino descent (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), sued their employer and, after a nine-day jury trial, they won. The officers alleged that the City of Westminster (“the City” or “the Department”) as well as current and former Westminster Police Chiefs Mitchell Waller, Andrew Hall, Ronald Coopman, and Kevin Baker (“the Chiefs”), discriminated and retaliated against them on the basis of race and national origin. As relevant here, the officers alleged causes of action for violation of the…
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