LAREZ v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Nos. 89-55541, 89-55801.

946 F.2d 630 (1991)

Jessie LAREZ, Armida Larez, Albertdee Larez, Frank Larez, Katsumi Larez, Diane Larez, and Keiko Larez, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Daryl Gates, Dennis Keller, William Holcomb, Dennis Fanning, John Sequist, Edward Ortiz, and Rudolph Navarro, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 27, 1991.

As Amended October 7, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Helgeson, Asst. City Atty., Jeffrey Nelson, Deputy City Atty., and James K. Hahn, City Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Marion R. Yagman, Stephen Yagman, Yagman & Yagman, P.C., Venice, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before BOOCHEVER, HALL and RYMER, Circuit Judges.


BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:

Six officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), Chief of Police Daryl Gates, and the City of Los Angeles appeal from the district court's denial of their motion for a new trial after jury verdicts against them in a civil rights trial based on a search of the home of the Larez family. We affirm the denial of the new trial motion as to the six officers, but, because of the erroneous admission...

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