Johnson v. Civil Service Commission of the City of Clinton

How courts have described this case

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

• stating a peace officer who used force can commit assault “if the peace officer does not reasonably believe the particular force was necessary in the circumstances”
• stating a peace officer who used force can commit assault “if the peace officer does not reasonably believe the particular force was necessary in the circumstances”
• misconduct involving the use of unnecessary force always implicates the public interest

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).