Legal Opinion
Brown v. Gibb
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided August 25, 1989No. Civ. No. 88-00055 HMFPublished
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR DIRECTED VERDICT, AND DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ CROSS MOTION FOR DIRECTED VERDICT
FONG, Chief Judge.
BACKGROUND
As stated in its previous order of August 21, 1989, plaintiffs’ case arises out of a search and arrest warrant that concededly was wrongly executed on their home by the Honolulu Police Department (“HPD”) on July 2, 1987. The HPD executed the warrants on plaintiffs’ home in the mistaken belief that the home belonged to Edward Rothman (“Rothman”), who was then suspected of trafficking in narcotics. Plaintiffs are neighbors of Rothman, whose house was…
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