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BISHOP v. CITY OF SPOKANE

No. 25684-7-III.

173 P.3d 318 (2007)

Sharon G. BISHOP, Appellant, v. CITY OF SPOKANE, Spokane Police Department, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

December 18, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dustin Douglass Deissner, Van Camp & Deissner, Spokane, WA, for Appellant.

Ellen M. O'Hara, Spokane City Attorney, Spokane, WA, for Respondents.

SWEENEY, C.J.

¶ 1 This is a civil suit for false arrest. The question is whether the police had probable cause to arrest the plaintiff for "obstructing a law enforcement officer." Spokane Municipal Code 10.07.032. It required that the officer have reasonably trustworthy information that the plaintiff here willfully hindered, delayed, or obstructed the officer in the discharge of his duties. The officer's car blocked the plaintiff's driveway. He had stopped another...

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