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· 10/16/2014

William Cass v. City of Dayton

Citations

  • 770 F.3d 368
  • 2014 FED App. 0257P
  • 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 19812
  • 2014 WL 5286392

How courts have described this case

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

  • “[A]s a general matter, an officer may not use deadly force once the car moves away, leaving the officer and bystanders in a position of safety.”
  • “An officer is justified in using deadly force against ‘a driver who objectively appears ready to drive into an officer or bystander with his car.’” (quoting Hermiz v. City of Southfield, 484 F. Appx. 13, 16 (6th Cir. 2012))

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Judges: Gibbons, McKeague, Lawson

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