· 10/9/1915
Cattlemens Trust Co. of Ft. Worth v. Willis
Citations
- 179 S.W. 1115
- 1915 Tex. App. LEXIS 1013
How courts have described this case
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- finding defendant police officers were not qualifiedly immune from liability on the plaintiff’s excessive force claim where the defendant officers’ use of a taser in arresting the plaintiff, who was not fleeing or resisting arrest, was unnecessary
- “Our precedents suggest that it is not excessive force to deploy tasers, after a warning, against arrestees who are dangerous or resisting arrest.”
- “Our precedents suggest that it is not excessive force to deploy tasers, after a warning, against arrestees who are dangerous or resisting arrest.”
- “Our precedents suggest that it is not excessive force to deploy tasers, after a warning, against arrestees who are dangerous or resisting arrest.” (collecting cases)
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