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· 6/10/1997

Montoute v. City of Sebring

Citations

  • 114 F.3d 181
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 13597
  • 1997 WL 274336

How courts have described this case

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

  • determining that an officer was entitled to qualified immunity even where an armed suspect never turned to face the officer because the suspect could have turned “in a split second”
  • determining that an officer was entitled to qualified immunity even where an armed suspect never turned to face the officer because the suspect could have turned “in a split second”
  • “Thus, the qualified immunity standard is broad enough to cover some ‘mistaken judgment []’____”
  • “Thus, the qualified immunity standard is broad enough to cover some ‘mistaken judgment []’ . . . .”
  • officer entitled to qualified immunity for shooting suspect when suspect fled with a sawed- off shotgun and ignored command to stop
  • officer entitled to qualified immunity for shooting suspect when suspect fled with a sawed- off shotgun and ignored command to stop

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Judges: Carnes, Clark, Campbell

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