Legal Opinion
Yi v. Yang
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided July 20, 2012No. S-13427PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WINFREE, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
A man was arrested for misdemeanor crimes after an altercation arising from a business dispute. He brought civil claims against a police officer and the officer's municipal employer based on the arrest. The superior court granted a motion for summary judgment and dismissed all claims against them. We affirm the superior court's decision because: (1) the police officer had probable cause to make a felony arrest, and, therefore, any perceived deficiencies in the misdemeanor arrest process are irrelevant; and (2) no municipal policy deprived the ar-restee…
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