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Children v. Burton

Citations

  • 331 N.W.2d 673
  • 1983 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1423

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that in “civil damage actions for false arrest, courts apply a probable cause standard less demanding than the constitutional probable cause standard in criminal cases”
  • holding an officer may lawfully make an arrest with probable cause
  • listing elements of false arrest

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Carter, Harris, Larson, Uhlenhopp

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35 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

44 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Other cases named Children v. Burton

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