Legal Opinion
Johns v. City of Los Angeles
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 21, 1978No. Civ. 50511PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
COMPTON, J.
In these consolidated wrongful death actions, plaintiffs, the parents of the decedent, sought damages against the City of Los Angeles and two members of the Los Angeles Police Department 1 for the shooting death of the decedent.
The shooting occurred when police officers of the City of Los Angeles, seeking to arrest a suspect for a crime committed in that city, mistakenly entered the apartment of decedent in the City of Inglewood. In a struggle which ensued, decedent, who was a black man, was shot.
At the conclusion of a nine-week trial the jury returned a nine to three…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Mercer v. PerezCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
- People v. HutchinsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
- People v. ComptonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1971
- In Re SturmCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
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3Cited by12 opinions
- People v. CluffCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2001
- City of Poway v. City of San DiegoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1991
- Swain v. Swain (In re Swain), California Court of Appeal, 5th District2018
- Agnew v. State Board of EqualizationCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2005
- Tillery v. RichlandCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1984
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