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California: Federal Judgment in Favor of Police Bars Subsequent State-Court Wrongful Death Action
In May 2009, the California Supreme Court held that a federal-court judgment in favor of the defendants on a civil rights claim brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in which the plaintiffs sought damages for police use of deadly and (allegedly) constitutionally excessive force in pursuing a suspect, barred a …
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