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· 9/28/1994

Mike Yang v. Paul Hardin

Citations

  • 37 F.3d 282
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 27286
  • 1994 WL 528452

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that bystander liability applicable to cases of unjustifiable arrest and other constitutional violations
  • holding that police officer who stood by while another officer shoved, punched, and dragged civilian with his car for two city blocks could have intervened
  • concluding that bystander liability applicable to cases of unjustifiable arrest and other constitutional violations
  • concluding that bystander liability applicable to cases of unjustifiable arrest and other constitutional violations
  • holding that although the plaintiff’s complaint “fail[ed] to explicitly specify the existence of an opportunity for [the officer] to have intervened, the facts demonstrate several opportunities during which [the officer] could have acted”
  • finding that Chicago police officers were acting under color of state law when “[t]hey were on duty, wearing Chicago police uniforms, driving a marked squad car and were investigating a crime”

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Judges: Bauer, Coffey, Kanne

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