KNOX v. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES

No. 96-16976.

124 F.3d 1103 (1997)

Ed KNOX, an individual, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, a Texas corporation, Defendant, and David Swafford; Robert Hopper; City of Phoenix, a municipality, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 5, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Greer, Scott A. Alles, Kern and Wooley, Mesa, AZ, for defendants-appellants.

Evan Haglund, Goodyear, AZ, Nicholas S. Hentoff, Phoenix, AZ, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: HALL and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges and SHADUR, District Judge.


WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:

After a dispute at Phoenix's Sky Harbor Airport, plaintiff Ed Knox was arrested by Phoenix police officers David Swafford and Robert Hopper on charges of trespassing and disorderly conduct. Knox sued Swafford, Hopper, and the City of Phoenix for violating his civil rights. The officers bring this interlocutory appeal from the district court's denial of their motions for summary judgment based on qualified...

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