· 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
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- 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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