Ilan-Harper v. Div. of Family Servs.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the plaintiff had forfeited an argument when she “dedicate[d] just two sentences to” it
• holding that the plaintiff had forfeited an argument when she “dedicate[d] just two sentences to” it
• explaining that when a plaintiff does not argue that the defendant violated clearly established law, the plaintiff forfeits that argument
• noting that a party must make more than a passing reference to an issue in a brief
• stating that a “passing reference to an issue in a brief is not enough” to avoid waiver (citation omitted)
• holding that a sheriff was not liable for failing to supervise a police officer who committed a sexual assault while on duty since it is “patently obvious” that “a police officer should not (and may not) sexually assault citizens in his custody”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).