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Eighth Circuit· 6/15/1995

Ludwig v. Anderson

Citations

  • 54 F.3d 465

How courts have described this case

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

  • acknowledging that “an attempt to hit an individual with a moving squad car is an attempt to apprehend by use of deadly force”
  • holding only that “emotionally disturbed status may be relevant to the trial court’s determination of objective reasonableness”
  • acknowledging that “an attempt to hit an individual with a moving squad car is an attempt to apprehend by use of deadly force”
  • explaining that questions of fact existed as to whether an officer’s decision to apprehend a suspect by hitting him with a squad car travelling 15 miles per hour constituted deadly force
  • indicating that the initial question is “what seizures occurred”
  • “an attempt to hit an individual with a moving squad car is an attempt to apprehend by use of deadly force”

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