Samuels v. Kelly

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that a plaintiff “may not prevail merely by showing that they were arrested with a defective warrant; they must show that they were unreasonably seized”
• explaining that an invalid arrest warrant does not preclude a reasonable arrest
• complaints stating “only that ‘the defendant did the elements of the crime’ ‘in violation of some state law” do not supply enough information- for a probable-cause determination
• complaints stating “only that ‘the defendant did the elements of the crime’ ‘in violation of’ some state law” do not supply enough information for a probable- cause determination

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).