Wagner v. Bay City Texas

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that use of pepper spray was reasonable where officer warned that he would discharge it if individual did not cooperate
• stating that on an interlocutory appeal for qualified immunity, we can review the materiality of any factual disputes, but not their genuineness
• considering whether the facts could show that \defendants intended to harm\ the decedent in the case
• considering whether the facts could show that “defendants intended to harm” the decedent in the case
• “In deciding an interlocutory appeal of a denial of qualified immunity, we can review the materiality of any factual disputes, but not their genuineness.”
• “[E]ven law enforcement officials who reasonably but mistakenly use excessive force are entitled to immunity.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).