National Bank v. Van Steenburgh

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “an individual’s dog . . . counts as an ‘effect’” under the Fourth Amendment
• “An important limitation on Monell liability is applicable here. A municipality cannot be subject to § 1983 liability unless one of the municipality’s officers or employees committed an underlying unconstitutional act.”
• “All considerations accounted for, we ask: Was the seizure ‘more intrusive than necessary?’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).