Legal Opinion
Collins v. City and County of San Francisco
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 29, 1975No. Civ. 34548PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOLINARI, P. J.
Plaintiff Wayne Merrill Collins appeals from a summary judgment in favor • of defendant City and County of San Francisco, in an action for damages for a false arrest by one of the city’s police officers. The police officer was not joined as a defendant.
Preliminarily, and as an aid in our discussion, we point out that “false arrest” and “false imprisonment” are not separate torts. False arrest is but one way of committing a false imprisonment, and they are distinguishable only in terminology. (Moore v. City & County of San Francisco, 5 Cal.App.3d 728, 735 [85 Cal.Rptr.…
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