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· 9/30/2010

Brooks v. City of Seattle

Citations

  • 623 F.3d 911
  • 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 20195

How courts have described this case

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

  • summary judgment inappropriate where “thorough inquiry into the facts, including [decedent’s conduct toward officer], is needed”
  • “Based on the record before us, [the officers’] ‘look into the door of a room’ cannot be permitted as a ‘protective sweep’ because the defendants have not provided ‘specific and articulable facts’ to justify the warrantless intrusion.”

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Judges: Kozinski

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