Andrew Powe v. The City of Chicago

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the warrant was facially invalid even though warrant correctly listed a known alias the intended arrestee used and police arrested an individual whose name was listed on the warrant
• holding that a description is required
• “under Monell, the crucial question is whether the unconstitutional acts complained of were caused by a policy or custom of the municipality”
• “... under Monell, the crucial question is whether the unconstitutional acts complained of were caused by a policy or custom of the municipality.”
• “[Wjhere an arrest is based on an invalid warrant, Baker does not preclude recovery under section 1983 for an unconstitutional deprivation of liberty.”
• Discussing West and its progeny.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).