Legal Opinion
Dubner v. City & County of San Francisco
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 4, 2001No. 99-17319PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:
Robin Dubner (“Dubner”) appeals the district court’s decision for defendants after a bench trial in her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim for unlawful arrest against the City and County of San Francisco (“City”), police officers Narda Ziegler (“Ziegler”) and John Ehrlich (“Ehrlich”), and Chief of Police Fred Lau (“Lau”). The trial judge dismissed Dubner’s claim because she failed to prove Ziegler and Ehrlich were the officers who arrested her and, therefore, could not establish lack of probable cause for her arrest. Since Dubner could not prove the underlying constitutional…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Ornelas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Luce v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Smith v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- City of Los Angeles v. HellerSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- Gladstone v. Stuart Cinemas, Inc.Supreme Court of Vermont · 2005
- People v. Turner, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2017
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