Legal Opinion
Miller v. City of Los Angeles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 27, 2011No. 10-55235PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Chief Judge KOZINSKI; Dissent by Judge IKUTA.
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KOZINSKI, Chief Judge:
This is a strange case. Its resolution hinges on the absence, as a factual matter, of something we must accept as a legal matter. There are unlikely to be many more like it, so this opinion’s precedential value is probably limited. We nevertheless publish pursuant to General Order 4.3. While we’re at it, we offer some advice to lawyers: Don’t apologize unless you’re sure you did something wrong. And there’s also a lesson for district judges: Don’t accept too readily lawyers’ confessions of error or rely on…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Chambers v. Nasco, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Roadway Express, Inc. v. PiperSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Richardson v. MarshSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- United States v. HinksonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Leroy Haeger v. the Goodyear Tire & Rubber CoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2016
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