Legal Opinion
Dahl v. City of Huntington Beach
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 28, 1996No. Nos. 94-55971, 94-55972PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
If there is a hell to which disputatious, uncivil, vituperative lawyers go, let it be one in which the damned are eternally locked in discovery disputes with other lawyers of equally repugnant attributes.1
This case illuminates the growing incivility among contending lawyers which mars our justice system and harms clients and the public interest. James Christopher Dahl and Ronald L. Shugart brought this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and *3651988 against the City of Huntington Beach, California (City) and various police officers, After extensive…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Ann J. Malone v. United States Postal Service, an Agency of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Alphonso Thompson v. The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, a Public CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Hyde & Drath v. BakerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- United States v. National Medical Enterprises, Inc., and Nme Hospitals, Inc., DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- United States of America for the Use and Benefit of Wiltec Guam, Inc. v. Kahaluu Construction Co., Inc., and Industrial Indemnity Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by75 opinions
- Fair Housing of Marin, a California Non-Profit Corporation v. Jack Combs, D.B.A. Waters Edge ApartmentsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- Edwards v. Marin Park, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
- Hearns v. San Bernardino Police DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
- LAL v. CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
- Jones v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2017
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