State v. David Aldrich

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that “local governments are responsible only for their own illegal acts[; t]hey are not vicariously liable under [section] 1983 for their employees’ actions”
• noting that an officer’s subjective belief is “an element . . . in the state-law concept of justification,” citing § 53a-22(b)
• explaining that a Monell claim requires the plaintiff to show “a direct causal link between a municipal policy or custom and the alleged constitutional deprivation”
• explaining that “local governments are responsible only for their own illegal acts[; t]hey are not vicariously liable under [section] 1983 for their employees’ actions” (emphasis and internal quotation marks omitted) (quoting Connick v. 563 U.S. 51, 60 (2011)
• “Qualified immunity is an affirmative defense on which the defendant has the burden of proof.”
• “That the law prohibits excessive force when using force to make an arrest is neither a recent nor surprising development.” (internal citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).