State National Bank v. First National Bank

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable seizures includes seizures accomplished by excessive force
• concluding that a broken nose, lacerations to the face, and bruised ribs were severe injuries
• holding that “screaming” and “foul language” in the presence of a police officer was a “‘nuisance’ and not an immediate threat to the safety of . . . officers or others under Graham”
• explaining that the lack of any crime committed by plaintiff weighed heavily in favor of plaintiff's excessive force claim but nonetheless evaluating remaining Graham factors
• noting that the defendant used force to subdue the handcuffed plaintiff who did not pose an immediate threat
• noting that the defendant used force to subdue the handcuffed plaintiff who did not pose an immedi- ate threat

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).