Whitlock v. Brown

How courts have described this case

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• holding that self-serving deposition testimony may satisfy a defendant’s evidentiary burden on summary judgment
• stating that probable cause is “an absolute defense to any claim under Section 1983 against police officers for wrongful arrest”
• explaining that police officer violates Fourth Amendment if he recklessly withholds material information from probable-cause affidavit
• explaining that police officer violates Fourth Amendment if he recklessly withholds material information from probable-cause affidavit
• “’Self-serving’ deposition testimony may satisfy a party’s evidentiary burden on summary judgment” when the statement is based upon personal knowledge and grounded in observation
• explaining that speculation is insufficient to survive summary judgment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).