Legal Opinion
Mills v. Graves
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 11, 1991No. 90-35086PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must determine whether the district court properly dismissed, on a motion for summary judgment, appellants’ section 1983 action against a police officer. The claimed civil rights violation was the seizure and forfeiture of construction equipment purportedly owned by the Millses. We conclude that the officer was protected from liability by qualified immunity, and thus we affirm.
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Greg Mills, an employee and former officer with Unicorn Development, used equipment owned by Unicorn Equipment Company to excavate a trench which facilitated the burial of two marine dry…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- United States v. LeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by11 opinions
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