· 10/20/2011
Common v. City of Chicago
Citations
- 661 F.3d 940
- 86 Fed. R. Serv. 1149
- 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 21178
- 2011 WL 4975602
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- emphasizing that “a jury must stand in the shoes of an officer and judge the reasonableness of his actions based on the information he possessed” at the time of the arrest
- emphasizing that \a jury must stand in the shoes of an officer and judge the reasonableness of his actions based on the information he possessed\ at the time of the arrest
- affirming admission of evidence of drugs hidden in decedent’s airway despite officer’s lack of knowledge
- finding no error where the district court rejected the plaintiff’s Rule 403 objection and admitted evidence that was relevant to contradicting the plaintiff's claim
- finding no error where the district court rejected the plaintiff's Rule 403 objection and admitted evidence that was relevant to contradicting the plaintiff's claim
- \A jury must stand in the shoes of an officer and judge the reasonableness of his actions based on the information he possessed.\
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Judges: Posner, Rovner, Tinder
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