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· 2/22/1991

James Richard Erdman v. Cochise County, Arizona and City of Douglas, Arizona

Citations

  • 926 F.2d 877
  • 91 Daily Journal DAR 2141
  • 18 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1459
  • 91 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 1317
  • 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 2722
  • 1991 WL 19346

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that an arrest and detention pursuant to a facially valid warrant is not a constitutional violation
  • stating that generally Rule 68 offers are analyzed in “the same manner as any contract,” but that Rule 68 offers “differ from contracts with respect to attorney fees”—i.e., a waiver or limitation of attorney fees in a Rule 68 offer must be “clear and unambiguous”
  • “The . . . arrest alone was not a constitutional violation because it was pursuant to a facially valid bench warrant.”
  • “The . . . arrest alone was not a constitutional violation because it was pursuant to a 11 facially valid bench warrant.”
  • detention pursuant to a facially valid bench warrant not a constitutional violation
  • offers of judgment are construed against the drafter

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Judges: Goodwin, Aldisert, Ferguson

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