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· 10/17/1986

Woodley v. Town of Nantucket

Citations

  • 645 F. Supp. 1365

How courts have described this case

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  • police chief not entitled to dismissal on qualified immunity where there was evidence indicating that he should have known that officer lacked training
  • “the probable cause determination — i.e., whether the facts and circumstances warranted a person of reasonable caution and prudence in believing that [the plaintiff] had committed a crime — is left more appropriately to the trier of facts.”

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Judges: Garrity

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