Legal Opinion
Jason Deocampo v. Jason Potts
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 8, 2016No. 14-16192PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:
Does a municipality’s bankruptcy plan of adjustment automatically discharge a judgment against individual officers for exces-sive force by operation of a California stat-ute generally requiring public entities to defend and indemnify their employees for actions within the scope of their employment?
Like many a city in the wake of the 2007-08 financial crisis, the city of Vallejo, California found itself burdened by mount-ing debts as its tax base shrank. In 2008, Vallejo responded by petitioning for Chap-ter 9 bankruptcy, a form of relief available only to…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- REPUBLIC SUPPLY CO., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph SHOAF, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Puerto Rico v. Franklin California Tax-Free TrustSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
- Demery v. KuppermanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
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