plaintiff’s right to be made whole (through damages or restitution) and the public’s right to be protected from deceptive or wrongful practices (through a “public injunction” sought by the individual plaintiff “act[ing] in the purest sense as a private attorney general”).(Cruz, at p....
By allowing the lower court ruling to stand uncorrected, the law is now tilting against the victims of police misconduct and puts dangerous power in the hands of police. Here’s the background: SL was driving on a Houston freeway around midnight. He had been drinking. Officer Chris Thompson...