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LEONARD v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Docket No. 40065.

31 Cal.App.3d 473 (1973)

107 Cal. Rptr. 378

WILLIE B. LEONARD, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

April 5, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Roger Arnebergh, City Attorney, George J. Franscell, Assistant City Attorney, and Louis H. De Haas, Jr., Deputy City Attorney, for Defendant and Appellant.

Margolis, McTernan, Smith, Scope & Sacks, Paul Henry Abram and Ben Margolis for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

DUNN, J.

Defendant City of Los Angeles appeals from a judgment entered against it on plaintiff's suit for false imprisonment. Following a nonjury trial the court found that defendant city had, without probable cause, wrongfully arrested and imprisoned plaintiff.

The evidence and the superior court's findings disclose that the arrest occurred in Los Angeles on August 16, 1965. Plaintiff was charged by the officers with...

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