Legal Opinion
White v. City of Richmond
District Court, N.D. California
Decided September 8, 1982No. C-79-1184 WHO, C-80-0433 WHO and C-80-4022 WHOPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ORRICK, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, twenty-seven black residents of the City of Richmond, California, filed these civil rights actions 1 in May, 1979, alleging that Richmond police officers were routinely beating and harassing black Richmond residents and then filing groundless charges, usually resisting arrest or interfering with an officer, against the victims of the beatings; they sought damages and broad injunctive relief. 2 In an effort to settle these cases, the Court suggested that the Community Relations Service of the Department of Justice assist the parties in their efforts to…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Rizzo v. GoodeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation, Manhattan-Ward, Incorporated v. Grinnell Corporation, 1225 Vine Street Building, Inc. v. Grinnell CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Maher v. GagneSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Kerr v. Screen Extras Guild, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Dolores J. Copeland, Individually and on Behalf of the Class of All Others Similarly Situated v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary of LaborCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Mark Wildman v. Lerner Stores Corporation, Mark Wildman v. Lerner Stores CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- William H. Lynch v. City of MilwaukeeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Toombs v. LeoneCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Bobby Darnell White v. City of Richmond, Henry L. Royal v. City of Richmond, Anthony Evans v. City of RichmondCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Rubie Rogers v. Robert OkinCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
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