Legal Opinion
Joseph B. Williams and Leo Bazile v. Joseph L. Alioto
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 24, 1980No. 78-2965PublishedCited by 154 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court awarding attorneys’ fees to the appellees as prevailing parties in their civil rights action against officials of the City of San Francisco and officials of the Police Department. The appellees in two consolidated actions challenged police practices, which occurred from April 17, 1974 to April 25,1974, known as “Operation Zebra.” A series of unsolved murders had occurred in San Francisco, and the San Francisco Police Department initiated a special investigative procedure known as “Operation Zebra” to attempt to identify and capture the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Owen v. City of IndependenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Maher v. GagneSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by154 opinions
- Del P. Henry, Jr., a Single Man, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Gill Industries, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
- Maria P. v. RilesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1987
- General William C. Westmoreland, Ambassador Richard Helms v. Cbs, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- Deerfield Medical Center, Medallion Executive Consultants, Inc. v. City of Deerfield Beach, City Commission of Deerfield BeachCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Jordan v. Multnomah CountyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
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