Fred Watson v. Eddie Boyd, III

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• explaining that, although “[p]robable cause is an objective standard,” courts “afford officers substantial latitude in interpreting and drawing inferences from factual circumstances” (emphasis added) (citation omitted)

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2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• United States v. Rayford Evans
  Eighth Circuit· 2026-06-09
• Joshua Close v. City of Bellevue Iowa
  Eighth Circuit· 2026-06-24

Cites

32 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-06· cited 41,449×
• Arizona v. Gant
  Supreme Court· 2009-04-21· cited 2,725×
• Hartman v. Moore
  Supreme Court· 2006-04-26· cited 1,622×
• Nieves v. Bartlett
  Supreme Court· 2019-05-28· cited 1,018×
• District of Columbia v. Wesby
  Supreme Court· 2018-01-22· cited 652×
• Mary A. Bart v. William C. Telford
  Seventh Circuit· 1982-05-12· cited 441×
• Bond v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2000-04-17· cited 413×
• Keenan v. Tejeda
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-04-29· cited 303×
• Arkansas v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court· 2001-05-29· cited 233×
• Robert Aaron Peterson v. Officer Michael Kopp
  Eighth Circuit· 2014-06-11· cited 172×
• Randall Ehlers v. Scott Dirkes
  Eighth Circuit· 2017-01-25· cited 141×
• Hazel L. Wilson v. Steve Northcutt, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Mayor of the City of Malvern, Arkansas, City of Malvern, Arkansas
  Eighth Circuit· 2006-03-21· cited 97×
• United States v. Kenny Eugene Smart
  Eighth Circuit· 2005-02-09· cited 71×
• Garcia v. City Of Trenton
  Eighth Circuit· 2003-11-07· cited 67×
• Fred Watson v. Eddie Boyd, III
  Eighth Circuit· 2021-06-30· cited 51×
• United States v. Marcus Jones
  Eighth Circuit· 2001-06-25· cited 35×
• Derek Laney v. City of St. Louis, Missouri
  Eighth Circuit· 2023-01-06· cited 34×
• Tracy Presson v. Darrin Reed
  Eighth Circuit· 2023-04-12· cited 29×
• Rodney Brown v. Matthew T. Boettigheimer
  Eighth Circuit· 2022-07-27· cited 28×
• United States v. Webster
  Eighth Circuit· 2010-11-05· cited 24×