Wilson v. Isaacs

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that the law enforcement immunity of the ITCA does not shield the government from liability for excessive force by police
• explaining that “[i]f an officer uses unnecessary or excessive force, the officer may commit the torts of assault and battery”
• finding that the Indiana Tort Claims Act’s law enforcement immunity did not apply to the torts of assault and battery “[i]f an officer uses unnecessary or excessive force . . . .”
• “If an officer uses unnecessary or excessive force, the officer may commit the torts of assault and battery.”
• \[T]he statutory provision [concerning the reasonable use of force] restrains the statutory immunity from erecting a shield to liability for conduct contrary to the [use of force] statute.\
• \[T]he statutory provision [concerning the reasonable use of force] restrains the statutory immunity from erecting a shield to liability for conduct contrary to the [use of force] statute.\

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Cited by

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

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  Seventh Circuit· 2021-12-06· cited 133×
• Brian Yost v. Wabash College, Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity- Indiana Gamma Chapter at Wabash College, Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, Inc., and Nathan Cravens
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2014-02-13· cited 111×
• Spangler v. Bechtel
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2011-12-13· cited 72×
• Meredith v. Pence
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2013-03-26· cited 59×
• Reiner v. Dandurand
  N.D. Indiana· 2014-07-16· cited 55×
• Perdue v. Gargano
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2012-03-22· cited 40×
• F.D. v. Indiana Department of Child Services
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2013-11-26· cited 40×
• Walgreen Co. v. Abigail E. Hinchy
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2014-11-14· cited 34×
• John Kader v. State of Indiana, Department of Correction, and The Geo Group, Inc.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2013-12-11· cited 28×
• Ellis v. City of Martinsville
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2011-01-11· cited 22×
• Presbytery of Ohio Valley, Inc. v. OPC, Inc.
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2012-07-31· cited 21×
• Estate of Williams v. Indiana State Police
  S.D. Indiana· 2014-06-13· cited 13×
• Ocasio v. Turner
  N.D. Indiana· 2014-05-14· cited 12×
• Todero v. Blackwell
  S.D. Indiana· 2019-05-28· cited 9×
• Wynkoop v. TOWN OF CEDAR LAKE
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2012-06-29· cited 7×
• Yost v. Wabash College
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2014-02-13· cited 2×
• Thompson v. City of Indianapolis
  S.D. Indiana· 2016-09-22· cited 2×
• David R. Mertz v. City of Greenwood, Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2013-04-12· cited 1×
• Bean v. Indiana University
  S.D. Indiana· 2012-03-30· cited 1×
• Unnamed case
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2012-07-31

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Freidline v. Shelby Insurance Co.
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2002-08-28· cited 160×
• King Ex Rel. King v. Northeast Security, Inc.
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2003-06-27· cited 107×
• Row v. Holt
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2007-04-24· cited 59×
• Kemezy v. Peters
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1993-10-25· cited 48×
• Crawford v. City of Muncie
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1995-09-28· cited 22×
• Fidler v. City of Indianapolis
  S.D. Indiana· 2006-04-20· cited 22×
• City of Anderson v. Davis
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2001-02-21· cited 21×
• City of South Bend v. Fleming
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1979-12-20· cited 20×
• Wilson v. Isaacs
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2009-12-15· cited 8×
• City of Indianapolis v. Garman
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2006-06-14· cited 6×

Other cases named Wilson v. Isaacs

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Wilson v. Isaacs
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2009-12-15· cited 8×