Lum v. Koles

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that because plaintiff could have brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim or a common law trespass claim “these alternative remedies preclude a suit for damages under the Alaska Constitution”
• holding use of pepper spray reasonable use of force on resisting arrestee
• “constitutional violations should be addressed ‘by reference to the specific constitutional standard which governs that right, rather than to some generalized ‘excessive force’ standard.”
• “The alternative remedies do not need to provide the same level of protection, ‘may include federal remedies,’ ‘need not be an exact match,’ and are alternatives even if no longer procedurally available.”
• “The alternative remedies do not need to provide the same level of protection, ‘may include federal remedies,’ ‘need not be an exact match,’ and are alternatives even if no longer procedurally available.”
• “The alternative remedies do not need to provide the same level of protection, ‘may include federal remedies,’ ‘need not be an exact match,’ and are alternatives even if no longer procedurally available.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).