Spencer v. Connecticut

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “so long as the plaintiff knows or has reason to know of the search, a claim for an illegal search accrues, and a plaintiff has a complete and present cause of action, when the act of searching the property is complete”
• finding probable cause where, “[djuring a ‘controlled delivery,’ the Plaintiff, in full view of the police, accepted, took possession of, and placed in his residence a parcel containing a significant amount of marijuana” (emphasis added)
• “Under Connecticut law, ‘[n]o action founded upon a tort shall be brought but within three years from the date of the act or omission complained of.’”
• “Section 52–577 governs claims pursuant to the Connecticut Constitution and state common law.”
• “[S]o long as the plaintiff knows or has reason to know of the search, a claim for an illegal search accrues, and a plaintiff has a complete and present cause of action, when the act of searching the property is complete.”
• stating the relevant limitations periods for IIED and NIED

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).