Charles v. Shillingford v. Van E. Holmes, Etc.

How courts have described this case

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

• “Actions permissible in controlling a riotous mob or in dealing with a life-threatening situation might weigh differently when taken against a peaceful pedestrian.”
• Section 1983 does not grant cause of action for every injury wrongfully inflicted by a state officer
• some police misuse of force may amount to a tort without rising to the level of a constitutional violation
• “That the results of the attack on Shillingford’s person were not crippling was merely fortuitous. That same blow might have caused blindness or other permanent injury.”
• “That the results of the attack on Shillingford’s person were not crippling was merely fortuitous. That same blow might have caused blindness or other permanent injury.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).