Legal Opinion

Sharon Olabisiomotosho v. City of Houston City of Houston P. J. Bartlett K. L. Richards Rene Bertrand

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided September 29, 1999No. 98-20027PublishedCited by 401 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:

The district court granted summary judgment in favor of each defendant. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

Factual & PkoceduRal Background

While driving her two children home from school on December 3, 1993, plaintiff-appellant Sharon Olabisiomotosho stopped to help a stranded motorist. Two Houston police officers, defendants-appellees P.J. Bartlett and K.L. Richards, pulled up behind her in a marked patrol car, used their onboard computer to cheek her license plates, and learned that the plates displayed on Olabisiomotosho’s car had been issued for…

2Cases cited16 opinions

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  5. Albright v. OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1994

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