Tyrone Merritt v. County of Los Angeles

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1989-05-24

Cited by 183 later decision(s) in our corpus · see the citation network in Lexace

Open in Lexace · Ask the AI about this case

From the opinion

TROTT, Circuit Judge: In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, Tyrone Merritt alleged that he was subjected to excessive force and an unlawful arrest for *766 grand theft auto. He appeals from the district court’s order granting a judgment notwithstanding the verdict in…

Read the full opinion (source) ↗


Lexace provides legal information, not legal advice, and no attorney–client relationship is created. Citation figures are counts of later citing opinions in our corpus and may be incomplete; always read and Shepardize the full opinion before relying on it.