Cenco Inc. v. Seidman & Seidman

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “[a]s a general rule, mere presence at the scene of a search, without a showing of direct responsibility for the action, will not subject an officer to liability.”
• reversing the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the government where its informant had infiltrated political party, misstated its goals in op-ed col- umns, stolen documents and run for office
• mere presence at the scene is insufficient grounds to impose Section 1983 liability in the absence of a duty to act
• mere presence at the scene is insufficient grounds to impose Section 1983 liability in the absence of a duty to act
• mere presence at the scene is insufficient grounds to impose Section 1983 liability in the absence of a duty to act

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).