Legal Opinion
Morales v. CITY OF OKL. CITY EX REL. OKL. CITY POLICE DEPT.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided February 9, 2010No. 105,552PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOpala, J.
¶ 1 The dispositive issue tendered on appeal is whether the trial court erred in giving summary judgment to City. We answer in the affirmative.
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THE ANATOMY OF LITIGATION
¶ 2 On 21 September 2005, Oklahoma City police officer Mitchell McCoy was on duty at Roosevelt Middle School when a fight broke out in the school’s cafeteria between twelve-year-old Alma Morales (“Alma”) and another female student. Officer McCoy stepped in to assist two teachers in breaking up the fight. After removing Alma from the proximity of the other student and restraining her, Officer McCoy placed her under arrest. At…
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