Legal Opinion
Raul Gonzales v. The City of Peoria
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 16, 1983No. 82-5432PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUG, Circuit Judge:
This case concerns the authority of state and local police officers to arrest persons for violations of federal immigration laws. Eleven persons of Mexican descent brought this action against the City of Peoria, Arizona, and certain of its police officers and public officials. They claimed the city police, acting under policies adopted by the City, engaged in the practice of stopping and arresting persons of Mexican descent without reasonable suspicion or probable cause and based only on their race and appearance. It was alleged that persons stopped under this policy were…
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