Crystal Pickrel v. City of Springfield, Illinois, David Dyer, and McGraw Enterprises, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that was arson not among a fire chief’s duties
• emphasizing that a uniform and badge are both “signs of state authority,” and a gun enables an officer to “enforce his authority”
• finding that off-duty police officer who physically attacked plaintiff at restaurant could have been acting under color of state law because he was wearing his police uniform, displaying his badge, wearing his gun, and his marked squad car was outside the restaurant
• finding an off-duty Springfield, Illinois police officer could have been acting under color of state law because he was wearing his police uniform and displaying his badge
• reversing dismissal that was based on district court’s finding that officer was off-duty and therefore could not have acted under color of state law
• “Deciding whether a police officer acted under color of state law should turn largely on the nature of the specific acts the police officer performed.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).