Kling v. Harris Teeter Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that “[m]ere negligence in the supervision or oversight of an officer... is insufficient to establish a... policy or custom” for which liability may be imposed under § 1983
• noting that force by arresting a person is not excessive simply because the plaintiff “feels she should not have been arrested at all” due to an alleged lack of warrant or probable cause
• “[T]o prevail on a claim against a police officer for assault and battery during arrest, a plaintiff must show that excessive force was used.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

1 case in this archive cites this case.

• Benjamin v. Sparks
  E.D. North Carolina· 2016-03-23· cited 21×

Cites

26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-06· cited 41,449×
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-24· cited 22,846×
• Will v. Michigan Department of State Police
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-15· cited 14,197×
• Malley v. Briggs
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-05· cited 6,748×
• Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-25· cited 6,061×
• City of St. Louis v. Praprotnik
  Supreme Court· 1988-03-02· cited 3,553×
• Edwards v. City of Goldsboro
  Fourth Circuit· 1999-05-14· cited 2,842×
• Wilson v. Layne
  Supreme Court· 1999-05-24· cited 2,678×
• Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic
  Supreme Court· 1993-01-13· cited 871×
• Spell v. McDaniel
  Fourth Circuit· 1987-07-24· cited 799×
• Sylvia Development Corporation v. Calvert County
  Fourth Circuit· 1995-03-03· cited 431×
• Hughes v. Bedsole
  Fourth Circuit· 1995-03-15· cited 297×
• Cynthia Wellington, Guardian of the Estate of Robert D. Gravelle v. Brian L. Daniels, Darrel W. Stephens and City of Newport News, Virginia
  Fourth Circuit· 1983-09-19· cited 259×
• Floyd Sanders, III v. Don English, Curtis McCoy Ed Perry, and the City of Mansfield
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-01-21· cited 180×
• Rhonda R. Milligan v. The City of Newport News
  Fourth Circuit· 1984-09-19· cited 174×
• Norman Slattery v. Christopher Rizzo
  Fourth Circuit· 1991-07-25· cited 171×
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Randall
  Supreme Court· 1988-01-19· cited 147×
• Crystal R. Jackson v. Randy Kimel at & T Technologies, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1993-04-30· cited 109×