Legal Opinion
Elmer Davis AKA Robert Brown v. Leroy Eide, Detective-Police Office
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 24, 1971No. 24748_1PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant Elmer Davis brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against-two Los Angeles City policemen to recover damages for alleged violations of his civil rights that occurred when the officers entered an hotel room in which he was present, seized some stolen bolts of cloth, and then arrested him. The arrest, search and seizure led to appellant’s criminal conviction in the Superi- or Court of California for receiving stolen goods. The conviction was reversed by the State Court of Appeal. Thereafter the charge was dropped. Appellant then instituted this Civil Rights damage action in…
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