Cory D. Chan, Cross-Appellee v. Edward S. Wodnicki, Individually and in His Former Capacity as Deputy Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that an official is entitled to qualified immunity “if, at the time he acted, he reasonably could have determined that his actions did not violate clearly established law”
• noting that qualified immunity exists if the answer to either inquiry is negative
• noting that most courts go directly to second inquiry
• “The Chicago Police Department was dismissed because it was not a suable entity.”
• “The Chicago Police Department was dismissed because it was not a suable entity.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).