Legal Opinion
Byrd v. Guess
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 3, 1998No. 96-55532PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINMILL, District Judge:
INTRODUCTION
Sylvan Byrd was shot to death by two police officers. Byrd’s wife, Ellen Byrd, and his mother, Vivien Harkness, brought this § 1983 action against the officers, among others. A jury trial was held, and after both sides rested, the district court declared a mistrial and invited the defendants to file a motion for summary judgment. The defendants filed the motion which the district court granted. Ellen Byrd and Vivien Harkness appealed. We affirm.
FACTS
On January 23, 1993, Sylvan Byrd and his wife Ellen were arguing in their apartment in Los Alamitos,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Daniels v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Dairl Johnson Claudine Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- Alderman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- Panatronic Usa, a California General Partnership Lemar Textile Co. v. At&t CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
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