Legal Opinion
Schmidlin v. City of Palo Alto
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 2, 2008No. H026841PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RUSHING, P. J.
Plaintiff Michael Schmidlin brought this action against the City of Palo Alto and several of its police officers, alleging that the officers committed various constitutional and common law torts when they detained and arrested him for public drunkenness. After various claims were dismissed on legal grounds, a jury found that officers had used excessive force against plaintiff, but rejected claims of unlawful arrest and fabrication of police reports. Both parties appeal on numerous grounds. We find no reversible error, and affirm the judgment.1
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