Cavanaugh v. Woods Cross City

How courts have described this case

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

• ruling that a reasonable juror could conclude that Tasing an unarmed woman with no warning who \was neither actively resisting nor fleeing arrest\ constituted excessive force
• holding that plaintiffs who brought claims under the Utah Constitution “cannot state a claim for damages ... because their injuries can be fully redressed through their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim”
• explaining that Graham speaks to the court’s duty to balance individuals’ Fourth Amendment rights against countervailing state interests
• explaining that Graham speaks to the court’s duty to balance individuals’ Fourth Amendment rights against countervailing state interests
• stating that for qualified immunity, “[o]n-point cases are particularly important when the constitutional question involves a balancing test”
• stating that for qualified immunity, \[o]n-point cases are particularly important when the constitutional question involves a balancing test\

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