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· 4/15/1840

Forstall v. Fowle

Citations

  • 15 La. 299

How courts have described this case

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  • collecting cases and suggesting “the outer bounds for releasing [a] prisoner should be less than 48 hours.”
  • “[A] showing of deliberate indifference can support a finding of a substantive due process violation in a ‘normal custody’ situation.”
  • “False imprisonment is the restraint by one person of the physical liberty of another without consent or legal justification.”

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