Legal Opinion
Collins v. Jordan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 4, 1996No. Nos. 95-15737, 95-15738, 95-15739PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
Four hundred to five hundred people were arrested in San Francisco on the evening of May 1, 1992, two days after the announcement of the jury verdicts in the state criminal trial of the Los Angeles police officers who beat Rodney King. Among those were the named plaintiffs, who subsequently filed a class action against the City and County of San Francisco, then-Mayor Frank Jordan, and a number of highly-ranked San Francisco police officers, including then-Police Chief Richard Hongisto. Defendants moved for summary judgment on the merits and on the ground of qualified…
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