Posted by BY DAVID E. MASTAGNI On November 25, 2003, the Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District issued an opinion upholding the reinstatement of Sacramento Police Officer Dan Farnsworth. The appellate opinion marks the conclusion of over three years of litigation to achieve Farnsworth’s reinstatement to the department. […]
Yearly Archives: 2004
Matthew Morrissey began his police career with Concord as a Cadet in 1979, became a sworn officer in 1981, and was promoted to sergeant in 1992. On several occasions, Morrissey was approached by management and encouraged to compete for a lieutenant’s position. He declined the invitations, preferring to concentrate his […]
Posted by Rains, Lucia & Wilkinson LLP The Richmond Police Officers’ Association has obtained a temporary restraining order (TRO) preventing the Richmond Police Commission from holding public hearings to investigate POA President Chuck Whitney. This result was obtained by Rains, Lucia & Wilkinson partner Alison Berry Wilkinson, due to the […]
Posted by Michael P. Stone, esq. & Marc J. Berger, esq. A city government’s recent attempt to misuse the court system to financially cripple the local police union was successfully overcome in a Los Angeles Superior Court case known as City of South Gate v. South Gate Police Officers Association. […]
Posted by Christopher W. Miller In the first proceeding of its kind in San Joaquin County history, an open session of the criminal grand jury voted not to indict two Manteca detectives and a Ripon police sergeant accused of excessive force and perjury. I represented the three officers throughout the […]