Samaniego v. City of Kodiak

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that qualified immunity to use force in making arrest would be nullified if basis for arrest were pretextual
• holding officers had qualified immunity for excessive force even after an unlawful arrest
• applying the federal test for official immunity to a claim for excessive force
• overruled in part by Sheldon v. City of Ambler, 178 P.3d 459 (Alaska 2008)
• defending the rationale of immunity in these terms

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).