Fields v. Eazor Express, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that \most of the courts faced with challenges to the conditions of pretrial detention have primarily based their analysis directly on the due process clause\
• noting that “most of the courts faced with challenges to the conditions of pretrial detention have primarily based their analysis directly on the due process clause”
• noting that \the constitutional protection [afforded by substantive due process] is nowhere nearly so extensive as that afforded by the common law tort action for battery\
• explaining that whether an individual is “actively resisting arrest or attempting to evade arrest” is a relevant consideration in the use-of-force calculus
• noting that “the constitutional protection [afforded by substantive due process] is nowhere nearly so extensive as that afforded by the common law tort action for battery”
• allowing a claim for relief under § 1983 for a beating violating the “shock the conscience” due process test

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).