Legal Opinion
Rosales v. City of Los Angeles
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 19, 2000No. B134358PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WEISMAN, J. *
We are called upon in this case to decide whether a violation of the statutory procedures governing disclosure of police personnel records gives rise to a private cause of action by the police officer whose records were improperly disclosed. We hold that violation of such procedures does not give rise to a private cause of action and therefore affirm the trial court’s judgment of dismissal of the officer’s action.
Procedural Background
On May 3, 1999, plaintiff and appellant John Rosales (Rosales), a former Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer, filed this action…
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