· 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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