Legal Opinion
Kirkpatrick v. City of Los Angeles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 24, 1986No. 85-6289PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs-appellants, Gary Kirkpatrick and Eric R. Hermann, former Los Angeles police officers (“the officers”), appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees, the City of Los Angeles, Chief of Police Daryl F. Gates, and Lieutenant John Aggas.
I
On March 13, 1981, while performing their regular duties for the Los Angeles Police Department, the officers responded to a radio call regarding a disturbance at the scene of an automobile accident. At the scene they encountered Robert Rusk, who was intoxicated and had…
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