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Sixth Circuit· 2/21/2008

Dorsey v. Barber

Citations

  • 517 F.3d 389
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 3650
  • 2008 WL 449969

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that qualified immunity can be decided on summary judgment where the relevant facts are undisputed, or where “defendant accepts plaintiff's version of the facts for the purpose of presenting a “neat abstract issue of law’”
  • “The concern of the immunity inquiry is to acknowledge that reasonable mistakes can be made as to the legal constraints on particular police conduct.”
  • “The concern of the immunity inquiry is to acknowledge that reasonable mistakes can be made as to the legal constraints on particular police conduct.” (citation omitted)
  • “The concern of the immunity inquiry is to acknowledge that reasonable mistakes can be made as to the legal constraints on particular police conduct.” (citation omitted)
  • “[T]he officer’s reasonable suspicion need not arise exclusively from his own direct observations. Rather, it can be derived from such sources as informant tips, dispatch information, and directions from other officers.” (citations omitted)
  • tipster who identified himself and left phone number not anonymous

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Judges: Gibbons and McKeague, Circuit Judges Tarnow, District Judge

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