Williams v. Horvath

Opinion

MOSK, J.

Plaintiff minors, by their guardians ad litem, filed an action for damages in the superior court against two named and ten unnamed Los Angeles police officers. The complaint alleged that defendants deprived plaintiffs of civil rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution by “deliberately assaulting and battering plaintiff[s] without just cause or provocation, by imprisoning plaintiffs] without reasonable cause or warrant, and by willfully threatening to shoot and injure plaintiffs].” The action was grounded exclusively on the federal Civil Rights Act. (42 U.S.C. § 1983.)

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