Brewer v. Perrin

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 measure of necessary force is that which an ordinarily prudent and intelligent person, with the knowledge and in the situation of the arresting officers, would have deemed necessary”
• “Government actions which would normally constitute intentional torts are protected by governmental immunity if those act ions are justified.”
• “It is well-established in our state’s jurisprudence that ‘a police officer may use reasonable force when making an arrest.’”
• lack of probable cause is an element of a false arrest claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).