Legal Opinion
Bonner v. City of Santa Ana
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 31, 1996No. G012674PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SILLS, P. J.
Background
Marshone Bonner kept all of his worldly goods in a trash bag. He stored the bag behind some bushes near city hall. When city workers tossed the bag into the trash, Bonner might have sued the city for conversion. (See Collin v. American Empire Ins. Co. (1994) 21 Cal.App.4th 787, 812 [26 Cal.Rptr.2d 391] [“The tort of conversion is an ‘act of dominion wrongfully exerted over another’s personal property in denial of or inconsistent with his rights therein.’ ”].) A city is, after all, not immune from conversion claims. (See Tallmadge v. County of Los Angeles (1987)…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Davis v. PassmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Carlson v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by17 opinions
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