Padilla v. Meese

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “[w]here an officer acts outside the scope of his statutory authority an arrest is not necessarily rendered unlawful” because it may be a lawful citizen’s arrest
• implying citizen's arrest even though citizen did not state that he wished to charge the perpetrator with the offense for which he was arrested
• implying citizen’s arrest even though citizen did not state that he wished to charge the perpetrator with the offense for which he was arrested
• citizen may make arrest for a misdemeanor committed in his presence and in doing so may delegate the act of taking the suspect into physical custody

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Mercer v. Department of Motor Vehicles
  California Supreme Court· 1991-05-06· cited 112×
• Meyers v. Redwood City
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-03-10· cited 39×
• Arpin v. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Agency
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-08-20· cited 39×
• People v. Lively
  California Court of Appeal· 1992-11-09· cited 20×
• People v. Nelson
  California Court of Appeal· 2011-11-14· cited 16×
• Alvarez-Machain v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-09-11· cited 15×
• Music v. Department of Motor Vehicles
  California Court of Appeal· 1990-06-26· cited 11×
• Johanson v. Department of Motor Vehicles
  California Court of Appeal· 1995-07-19· cited 11×
• People v. Howard
  California Court of Appeal· 2002-07-15· cited 10×
• People v. Komatsu
  Appellate Division of the Superior Court of California· 1989-07-13· cited 9×
• Rice v. Pierce
  California Court of Appeal· 1988-08-26· cited 6×
• People v. Crusilla
  California Court of Appeal· 1999-12-27· cited 5×
• Burke v. State Ex Rel. Department of Public Safety
  Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma· 2005-08-30· cited 3×
• Meyers v. Redwood City
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-03-09· cited 2×
• Cabral v. L.A. Cty. Metro. Transp. Auth.
  California Court of Appeal· 1998-09-16· cited 2×
• Garduno Arpin v. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Agency
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-08-20
• Cabral v. LA COUNTY METRO. TRANSP. AUTH.
  California Court of Appeal· 1998-09-16

Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Mozzetti v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1971-04-30· cited 229×
• People v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1972-03-03· cited 111×
• Dyas v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1974-06-06· cited 47×
• People v. Martin
  California Court of Appeal· 1964-02-21· cited 34×
• People v. Sjosten
  California Court of Appeal· 1968-05-28· cited 33×
• People v. Engleman
  Appellate Division of the Superior Court of California· 1981-02-04· cited 26×
• People v. Jordan
  Appellate Division of the Superior Court of California· 1977-10-17· cited 25×
• People v. Ashley
  California Court of Appeal· 1971-06-04· cited 24×
• Pate v. Municipal Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1970-09-29· cited 24×
• People v. Harris
  California Court of Appeal· 1967-11-28· cited 22×
• Buttimer v. Alexis
  California Court of Appeal· 1983-08-30· cited 19×
• People v. Aldapa
  California Court of Appeal· 1971-04-27· cited 18×
• McDonald v. Justice Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1967-04-05· cited 17×
• People v. Hanggi
  Appellate Division of the Superior Court of California· 1968-05-08· cited 16×
• Henslee v. Department of Motor Vehicles
  California Court of Appeal· 1985-05-20· cited 15×
• People v. Wilson
  Appellate Division of the Superior Court of California· 1985-12-06· cited 13×
• Freeman v. Department of Motor Vehicles
  California Supreme Court· 1969-01-23· cited 12×
• People v. Alonzo C.
  California Court of Appeal· 1978-12-21· cited 8×
• People v. Welsch
  California Court of Appeal· 1984-01-20· cited 7×
• Green v. Department of Motor Vehicles
  California Court of Appeal· 1977-03-18· cited 7×