Legal Opinion
G & G Jewelry, Inc. v. City of Oakland
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 31, 1993No. 90-15771PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUG, Circuit Judge:
This case concerns the warrantless seizure from a pawnshop of property that had been reported stolen. The owner of the pawnshop contends that the police did not faithfully follow the provisions of a California statute designed to deal with this situation. Further, he contends that this war-rantless seizure violated the Fourth and Fifth Amendments as incorporated into the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants. We reverse.
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On July 6, 1988, Michael Watson filed a report with the Oakland Police…
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