RAMEY v. MURPHY

Docket No. A022622.

165 Cal.App.3d 502 (1985)

212 Cal. Rptr. 14

DRUCILLA S. RAMEY et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CORNELIUS P. MURPHY, as Chief of Police, etc., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

March 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Amitai Schwartz, Margaret C. Crosby, Alan L. Schlosser and Donna J. Hitchens for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Craig H. Casebeer, Scott C. Dettmer and Cooley, Godward, Castro, Huddleson & Tatum as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

George Agnost, City Attorney, Victoria Hobel and Paula Jesson, Deputy City Attorneys, for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

LOW, P.J.

(1a), (2), (3a) Even though arrests for violation of Penal Code section 647c1 are made with the knowledge that relatively few will be prosecuted, such knowledge does not establish the officers acted in bad faith or without probable cause.

Plaintiffs instituted a taxpayers' suit against defendants for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging illegal expenditure...

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