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· 11/11/1878

Stacey v. Emery

Citations

  • 97 U.S. 642
  • 24 L. Ed. 1035
  • 1878 U.S. LEXIS 1492
  • 7 Otto 642

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a certificate of probable cause (which, per Heien, 135 S. Ct. at 537, “function[s] much like a modern-day finding of qualified immunity”
  • “If there was a reasonable cause of seizure, there was a probable cause. In many of [the] reported cases the two expressions are used as meaning the same thing.”
  • “If there was a probable cause of seizure, there was a reasonable cause. If there was a reasonable cause of seizure, there was a probable cause.”
  • “If there was a probable cause of seizure, there was a -12- reasonable cause. If there was a reasonable cause of seizure, there was a probable cause.”
  • “If there was a reasonable cause of seizure, there was a probable cause. In many of [the] reported cases the two expressions are used as meaning the same thing.”
  • “a man of prudence and caution”

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Judges: Hunt

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