· 5/12/1997
Boveri v. The Town of Saugus
Citations
- 113 F.3d 4
- 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 10708
- 1997 WL 228930
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding regulatory violations are not “inherently sufficient to support a § 1983 claim”
- Police officers pursuing suspects may be forced to make instantaneous judgments that can affect the safety of innocent bystanders
- “A regulatory violation, like a violation of state law, is not inherently sufficient to support a § 1983 claim.”
- reckless, high-speed, police car chase resulting in physical injuries did not violate substantive due process
- no constitutional right to counsel in Section 1983 action
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Torruella, Selya, Boudin
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