Legal Opinion
Gerald A. Huffman Gunilla Lukse v. County of Los Angeles Sherman Block
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 23, 1998No. 97-55176, 97-55230, 97-55341PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether the County of Los Angeles may be held liable under the Fourteenth Amendment for failing to warn its off-duty sheriffs deputies against carrying firearms while intoxicated.
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John Huffman was shot and killed on August 14, 1994, during a barroom brawl with Thomas Kirsch, an off-duty deputy employed by the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department. On the day of the incident, Kirsch' arrived alone at Whitney’s Steakhouse (“Whitney’s”), a restaurant and bar, between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Kirsch,.who was neither in uniform nor on duty, had started…
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