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HUFFMAN v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Nos. 97-55176, 97-55230, 97-55341.

147 F.3d 1054 (1998)

Gerald A. HUFFMAN; Gunilla Lukse, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES; Sherman Block, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 23, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry M. Wolf, Martin Stein, Timothy T. Coates, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Beverly Hills, California, for defendants-appellants County of Los Angeles and Sherman Block.

Carol A. Watson, Manes & Watson, Los Angeles, California, for plaintiffs-appellees Gerald A. Huffman and Gunilla Lukse.

Before: FARRIS, O'SCANNLAIN, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether the County of Los Angeles may be held liable under the Fourteenth Amendment for failing to warn its off-duty sheriff's deputies against carrying firearms while intoxicated.

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John Huffman was shot and killed on August 14, 1994, during a barroom brawl with Thomas Kirsch, an off-duty deputy employed by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. On the day of the incident, Kirsch arrived alone at...

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