Sabrina Fields v. City of Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, a Municipal Corporation, & Vytautas MacKevicius

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• explaining that walking in middle of street at night did not constitute “loitering” or “prowling” as these words are commonly defined
• noting that although punitive damages may be available against an individual defendant in a § 1983 action, “the City may not be held liable for punitive damages”
• withholding qualified immunity from an officer who “briefly detain[ed] an individual” without “reasonable suspicion” of criminal activity
• punitive damages are available against an individual defendant in a § 1983 action, but the city may not be held liable for punitive damages because municipalities are immune from punitive damages under § 1983

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).