Tofano v. Reidel

How courts have described this case

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

• applying the reasonableness standard to both excessive force and unreasonable seizure claims
• applying the reasonableness standard to both excessive force and unreasonable seizure claims
• qualified immunity for restraining plaintiff in a prone position on the ground with three officers on top of plaintiff in 1995
• police officers did not use excessive force on subject who ultimately died of positional asphyxia, despite fact that they engaged him in violent struggle, sprayed him with cap stun, and restrained him in a prone position on the ground

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Drummond ex rel. Drummond v. City of Anaheim
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-09-10· cited 151×
• Drummond v. City of Anaheim
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-09-10· cited 137×
• Ference v. Township of Hamilton
  D. New Jersey· 2008-02-06· cited 24×
• Ingram v. Township of Deptford
  D. New Jersey· 2012-03-13· cited 15×
• Unzueta v. Steele
  D. Kansas· 2003-10-29· cited 3×
• Pliakos v. Manchester, N H , et al.
  D. New Hampshire· 2003-07-15

Cites

37 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-06· cited 41,449×
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-24· cited 22,846×
• Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 21,376×
• Graham v. Connor
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-15· cited 16,485×
• Anderson v. Creighton
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-25· cited 12,768×
• City of Canton v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-28· cited 10,043×
• Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. Brown
  Supreme Court· 1997-04-28· cited 7,185×
• Malley v. Briggs
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-05· cited 6,748×
• Hunter v. Bryant
  Supreme Court· 1991-12-16· cited 3,271×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1999-06-29· cited 1,308×
• Groman v. Township Of Manalapan
  First Circuit· 1995-02-16· cited 1,024×
• United States v. Montoya De Hernandez
  Supreme Court· 1985-07-01· cited 982×
• Orsatti v. New Jersey State Police
  Third Circuit· 1995-11-22· cited 718×
• Scott v. Henrich
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-09-09· cited 544×
• Sharrar v. Felsing
  Third Circuit· 1997-10-24· cited 525×
• Robert Beck v. City of Pittsburgh
  Third Circuit· 1996-07-22· cited 458×
• Cottrell v. Caldwell
  Eleventh Circuit· 1996-06-03· cited 443×
• Montgomery v. De Simone
  Third Circuit· 1998-10-16· cited 337×
• Wilson v. Meeks
  Tenth Circuit· 1995-04-20· cited 156×