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· 12/22/1989

Ben Collins v. John Nagle

Citations

  • 892 F.2d 489
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 19338
  • 1989 WL 153915

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that “[m]any circuits, including our own, have determined that probable cause may be established from the collective knowledge of the police rather than solely from the officer who actually made the arrest”
  • applying the doctrine when information was \compiled from different phases of an investigation\
  • “probable cause may be established from the collective knowledge of the police rather than solely from the officer who actually made the arrest”
  • “The fourth amendment reasonableness standard does not turn on the availability of less intrusive alternatives.”
  • individual approached scene in which officers were dealing with uncooperative suspects
  • individual approached scene in which officers were dealing with uncooperative suspects

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Judges: Keith, Milburn, Norris

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