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· 6/15/1868

Wells v. Coyle

Citations

  • 20 La. 396

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding “that a genuine issue of material fact preclude[d] summary judgment” on a false arrest claim
  • police dispatcher might violate Fourth Amendment by “maliciously misleading police officers without suspicion of wrongdoing in a manner that leads to another’s detention”
  • police dispatcher might violate Fourth Amendment by “maliciously misleading police officers without suspicion of wrongdoing in a manner that leads to another’s detention”
  • “In the absence of any case law suggesting that a dispatcher can be held liable for a police officer’s use of excessive force, the Court concludes that any constitutional violation here is not clearly established.”
  • “In the absence of any case law suggesting that a dispatcher can be held liable for a police officer’s use of excessive force, the Court concludes that any constitutional violation here is not clearly established.”

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Judges: Labauve

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