Matthew King v. Hendricks County Commissioner

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that there is a circuit split on this issue and assuming without deciding that Title II does apply to law enforcement actions
• explaining that discrimination claims under the Rehabilitation Act are treated as “functionally identical” to ADA discrimination claims
• assuming that the deliberate indifference standard applies to Americans with Disabilities Act claim
• reviewing cases from other circuits on whether the ADA applies to law enforcement investigations and arrests
• assuming without deciding that “Hendricks County could be held vicariously liable under Title II for [its officer’s] actions”
• finding officers reasonably used deadly force when man “pointed a large knife at them, disregarded their repeated commands to drop the knife, and then charged at [an officer]”

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Cites

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

• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-06· cited 41,449×
• Graham v. Connor
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-15· cited 16,485×
• Tennessee v. Garner
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-27· cited 4,272×
• City of Los Angeles v. Heller
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-21· cited 2,104×
• Kisela v. Hughes
  Supreme Court· 2018-04-02· cited 1,731×
• City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan
  Supreme Court· 2015-05-18· cited 1,017×
• Scott v. Henrich
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-09-09· cited 544×
• Alma Glisson v. Correctional Medical Services
  Seventh Circuit· 2017-02-21· cited 531×
• Bryan v. MacPherson
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-06-18· cited 459×
• Calvin B. Champion v. Outlook Nashville, Inc., Debbie Miller
  Sixth Circuit· 2004-08-19· cited 447×
• Richard Wagoner v. Indiana Department of Correcti
  Seventh Circuit· 2015-02-04· cited 411×
• Steven M. Bircoll v. Miami-Dade County
  Eleventh Circuit· 2007-03-07· cited 256×
• Hainze v. Richards
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-04-26· cited 243×
• Gohier v. Enright
  Tenth Circuit· 1999-08-03· cited 232×
• Richard Vos v. City of Newport Beach
  Ninth Circuit· 2018-06-11· cited 216×
• Silva v. State
  Seventh Circuit· 2019-02-22· cited 216×
• Wisconsin Community Services, Inc. v. City of Milwaukee
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-09-26· cited 211×
• Singer v. Raemisch
  Seventh Circuit· 2010-01-25· cited 174×
• Seremeth v. BD. OF COUNTY COM'RS FREDERICK COUNTY
  Fourth Circuit· 2012-03-12· cited 102×
• Jennifer Cruz v. the City of Anaheim
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-08-28· cited 87×

Other cases named Matthew King v. Hendricks County Commissioner

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Matthew King v. Hendricks County Commissioner
  Seventh Circuit· 2020-03-31