Carroll v. County of Monroe

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the unreasonable killing of a companion animal constitutes an unconstitutional seizure of personal property under the Fourth Amendment
• finding lethal force could be reasonable where the dog was growling, barking, and quickly approaching the police officer
• finding lethal force could be reasonable where dog was growling, barking, and quickly approaching police officer
• highlighting the totality of the circumstances analysis as to whether the dog was dangerously aggressive and whether there were viable non-lethal alternatives
• “[T]he unreasonable killing of a com- panion animal constitutes an unconstitutional ‘seizure’ of personal property under the Fourth Amendment.”
• “[I]n some circumstances[] it is reasonable for an officer to shoot a dog that he believes poses a threat to his safety or the safety of the community.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).