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· 8/24/1999

Herron Garnett Davis v. Township Of Hillside

Citations

  • 190 F.3d 167
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 20035

How courts have described this case

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

  • applying Lewis intent to harm standard to injury of bystander who was injured as a result of a high-speed pursuit of a fleeing suspect
  • applying Lewis intent to harm standard to injury of bystander who was injured as a result of a high-speed pursuit of a fleeing suspect
  • limiting the second clause of § 1985(2) to conspiracies based on racial or some other class-based invidiously discriminatory animus
  • discussing and rejecting the argument that Lewis should not apply to third party harm
  • “Nothing in Lewis suggests that courts are free to second-guess a police officer’s decision to initiate pursuit of a suspect so long as the officers were acting in the service of a legitimate governmental objective . . . .”
  • “Lewis does not permit an inference of intent to harm simply because a chase eventuates in deliberate physical contact causing injury.”

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