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· 3/25/2002

Anthony Coons, Sr. v. Steven F. Casabella

Citations

  • 284 F.3d 437
  • 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 4755
  • 2002 WL 483410

How courts have described this case

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

  • declining to decide if actual probable cause was present where officer was entitled to qualified immunity based on arguable probable cause
  • declining to decide if actual probable cause was present where officer was entitled to qualified immunity based on arguable probable cause
  • “[P]olice officers are not required to explore and eliminate every theoretically plausible claim of innocence before making an arrest.”
  • “Because Casabella had arguable probable cause and thus was entitled to summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity, we need not reach his claim that he had actual probable cause . . . .”
  • granting summary judgment because officer had “arguable probable cause”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Walker, Cabranes, Straub

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