Billy Tedder v. Sgt. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1997E
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Whitley v. Albers · Wilkins v. Gaddy · Randall v. Scott · Iko v. Shreve
Most-quoted passages
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“Tedder's adverse physical reaction to the pepper spray-gagging, breathing difficulty, and vomiting-establishes that the nature of the force ... was nontrivial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“not on the severity of any injuries inflicted, but rather on 'the nature of the force, which must be 'nontrivial.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“created a genuine issue of material fact on the objective component of his Eighth Amendment excessive force claim”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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