Denning v. Corwin

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the Bane Act “was intended to address only egregious interferences with constitutional rights, not just any tort”
• stating a public entity may be considered a “person” 24 subject to liability under Section 52.1
• stating legislature 22 meant for statute to address interference with constitutional rights involving more egregious 23 conduct than mere negligence
• declining to “decide that every plaintiff must allege violence 3 or threats of violence in order to maintain an action under section 52.1”
• “The [Bane Act] requires a showing of coercion independent 18 | from the coercion inherent in the wrongful detention itself.”
• “A defendant is liable if he . . . interfered with or attempted to interfere with the plaintiff’s constitutional rights by the requisite threats, intimidation, or coercion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).