Baird v. Renbarger

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “[r]igid insistence on physical injury” to sustain an excessive force claim would not be consistent with Supreme Court precedent
• holding that it was objectively unreasonable for an officer to use a submachine gun to detain individuals suspected of altering a vehicle identification number (“VIN”)
• concluding that the use of a sub-machine gun to round up and detain residents during a search was objectively unreasonable
• concluding that the use of a sub-machine gun to round up and detain residents during a search was objectively unreasonable
• ruling that “pointing guns at persons who are compliant and present no danger is a constitutional violation”
• holding that officers can violate fourth amendment rights by unreasonably seizing a person through excessive force

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).