Montayne v. Utah

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that police department guidelines do not create a constitutional right
• stating that police department guidelines do not create a constitutional right
• finding arresting officer was entitled to qualified immunity from suit where officer sufficiently investigated whether warrant was valid
• qualified immunity protects government officials “who make a reasonable mistake in the exercise of his official duties.”
• qualified immunity protects government officials “who make a reasonable mistake in the exercise of his official duties.”
• “The mere fact that an invalid arrest takes place does not ordinarily convert the common law tort of false arrest or false imprisonment to a violation of a constitutional right.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).