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LANGFORD v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. L.A. 32105.

43 Cal.3d 21 (1987)

729 P.2d 822

233 Cal. Rptr. 387

DOLORES LANGFORD et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; DARYL GATES, as Chief of Police, etc., et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

January 2, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Joan Howarth, Pete R. Navarro, Mark D. Rosenbaum and Paul Hoffman for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

James K. Hahn, City Attorney, Lewis N. Unger, Assistant City Attorney, Donna B. Weisz and Jack L. Brown, Deputy City Attorneys, for Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

We granted review in this case to determine whether the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) should be enjoined from using a motorized battering ram and pyrotechnic explosive devices known as "flashbangs" to execute searches of so-called "rock houses," which are specially fortified residential dwellings where crystallized "rock" cocaine is made and sold. As will appear, we are persuaded that the unregulated use of...

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