Norman P. Calhoun, and Viola E. Calhoun v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the “the va lidity of the arrest should be judged by whether the arresting officers actually had probable cause for the arrest, rather than by whether the officers gave the arrested person th e righ t reason for the arrest”
• finding minute order failed as a separate document, was not mailed to the parties and was not entered as an order
• explaining that negligence is a state law claim
• past tense--\Motion argued and ordered denied\--indicating that the document at issue was a description of an order rather than an order itself
• both requirements must be met for there to be entry of judgment triggering notice of appeal filing periods
• an adequate affidavit should state supporting facts “with some 10 particularity, definiteness and certainty”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).