In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that traffic police for a town issued tickets for infractions committed outside the town’s boundaries, denial of qualified immunity for defendants is reversed where the traffic stops outside municipal boundaries did not violate clearly established Fourth Amendment law at the time of the violations.
Read Swanson v. Mountain View, No. 08-1105
Appellate Information
Filed August 19, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Tymkovich
Counsel
For Appellants:
Eric M. Ziporin, Senter Goldfarb & Rice, L.L.C., Denver, CO
For Appellees:
Althea S. Licht, Killmer, Lane & Newman, LLP, Denver, CO
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