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Supreme Court· 3/25/2021

Torres v. Madrid

Citations

  • 592 U.S. 306
  • 141 S. Ct. 989
  • 209 L. Ed. 2d 190

How courts have described this case

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

  • seizure by force requires an intent to restrain
  • discussing a tap on the shoulder
  • “Accidental force will not qualify.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: John G. Roberts

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100 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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

Other cases named Torres v. Madrid

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