Legal Opinion
Estate of Blue v. County of Los Angeles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 21, 1997No. 96-55480PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether equitable tolling applies to a civil rights claim which was voluntarily dismissed in federal court, refiled and adjudicated in state court, and then filed again in federal court.
I
This is a tragic case. The complaint alleges that on May 15, 1990, Gianna Blue, an innocent bystander during a liquor store holdup and shoot-out, was fatally wounded by shots fired by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputies. The plaintiffs-Blue’s estate and some of her relatives (collectively, “the Estate”)-have filed a series of lawsuits against the County of Los…
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