MORGAN v. WOESSNER

Nos. 91-55728, 91-55863.

975 F.2d 629 (1992)

Joe MORGAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bill WOESSNER, Defendant, and Clay Searle; Los Angeles City, Defendants-Appellants (Two Cases).

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Helgeson, Asst. City Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

William A. Barnes, Edwin J. Wilson, Jr., Erickson, Beasley, Hewitt & Wilson, Oakland, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: SNEED and D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judges and ROLL, District Judge.


D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:

I. OVERVIEW

Joe Morgan, an ex-professional baseball player, brought a Section 1983 suit against federal agent Bill Woessner, Los Angeles police officer Clay Searle, and the City of Los Angeles for harm associated with an incident at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in March of 1988. At the first trial, the jury found that Morgan had not been unlawfully detained. The district court, however, granted Morgan's motion for a...

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