· 8/7/2000
Leonard Guzell v. R. Hiller and J. Gawlik
Citations
- 223 F.3d 518
- 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 19000
- 2000 WL 1100192
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- reversing as “premature” district court’s dismissal of § 1983 false arrest case on probable cause grounds
- reversing as “premature” district court’s dismissal of § 1983 false arrest case on probable cause grounds
- interpreting intent to keep proper ty “permanently,” which applies to obtaining stolen property from a law enforcement agency
- whether assertions in exhibit should be deemed as incorporated into complaint depends on purpose for which plaintiff attached the exhibit
- by attaching police report to complaint, plaintiff made it part of complaint “for all purposes” under Fed.R.Civ.P. 10(c), but that did not mean he necessarily vouched for all facts set forth in it
- “Police must act reasonably on the basis of what they know, and if what they know is more than an isolated sentence in a police report they can’t close their eyes to the additional information.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Posner, Coffey, Easterbrook
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