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· 5/20/1818

Seidenbender v. Charles's administrators

Citations

  • 4 Serg. & Rawle 151

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that arrest for disorderly conduct is not unconstitutional if person arrested obstructed officers’ execution of their legal duty, and was not based only on comments uttered
  • even had the arrest not been valid the juvenile would still not have been justified in violently resisting arrest
  • \the actions of the juvenile in biting and striking the arresting officers and in obstructing the execution of their legal duty\ supported adjudication of delinquency
  • “the actions of the juvenile in biting and striking the arresting officers and in obstructing the execution of their legal duty” supported adjudication of delinquency

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Judges: Duncan, Gibson, Tilghman

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