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· 12/7/1988

Alain Scofield v. City of Hillsborough William A. Key, Chief of Police Thomas Musser, a Police Officer

Citations

  • 862 F.2d 759
  • 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 16481
  • 1988 WL 129285

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding an officer's failure to provide post-deprivation hearing for towed car would violate due pro- cess
  • “Procedural due process under 18 the Fourteenth Amendment does not require a hearing be given to the owner before a 19 vehicle is towed.”
  • “The district court found that even if a post-towing hearing had been held, it would not have relieved [the plaintiff] from the obligation to pay the towing charges.”
  • “The district court found that even if a post-towing hearing had been held, it would not have relieved [the plaintiff] from the obligation to pay the towing charges.”

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Judges: Brunetti, Kozinski, Thompson

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