Sullivan v. County of Los Angeles

Supreme Court of California · Decided 1974-11-04

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Opinion TOBRINER, J. This case presents the question whether an individual who is confined in a county jail beyond his proper jail term may maintain an action for false imprisonment against the county or whether such a suit is barred by the governmental immunity provisions of the California Tort Claims Act. The superior court concluded that the governmental immunity sections precluded the action, but, as will a…

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