· 7/26/2006
Emiliano Hernandez v. Michael F. Sheahan, Sheriff of Cook County, and City of Chicago
Citations
- 455 F.3d 772
- 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 18679
- 2006 WL 2062120
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- upholding a policy that “[i]gnore[s] all claims of misidentification” after a judge commits a suspect to the sheriff’s custody
- explaining the calculus jailers must go through when facing claims of misidentification
- \a police department is not required to be credulous but may limit its attention to information it deems reliableespecially because detention on the police department's resolution cannot exceed 48 hours\
- “Police are entitled to act on information that may be inaccurate and let the court determine whether to credit a suspect’s claim of innocence”
- “Police are entitled to act on information that may be inaccurate and let the court determine whether to credit a suspect’s claim of innocence.”
- “Police are entitled to act on information that may be inaccurate and let the courts determine whether to credit a suspect’s claim of innocence.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Easterbrook, Ripple, Wood
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