· 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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