Earnest Richardson v. The City of Conroe, Texas

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• If city police officers had a reasonable good faith belief that actions they took in effectuating arrest, during course of which plaintiff was shot, they could not be held liable for resulting injuries.
• If city police officers had a reasonable good faith belief that actions they took in effectuating arrest, during course of which plaintiff was shot, they could not be held liable for resulting injuries.
• not reversible error to refuse to charge jury that police officers would be liable under § 1983 for “constitutional torts” of gross negligence where court also charged jury that officers could not be liable for their actions in good faith

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