Stoner v. Watlingten’s Empirical Analysis

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8 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “Id. Mindful of the Court's directive to define rights with specificity, we conclude that the district court minimized two features of this case that serve to distinguish it from Stoner and that could have significantly influenced a reasonable officer in Edwards's position. First, her involvement in the alleged seizure was relatively minimal and ministerial. Unlike the two officers who questioned L.G., Edwards merely escorted L.G. to a room and closed a door. Though we agree with the district court that the simple”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. L.G. v. Keisha Edwards

2. “(1) whether the facts alleged, construed in the light most favorable to [Mead], establish a violation of a constitutional or statutory right, and (2) whether that right was clearly established at the time of the alleged violation, such that a reasonable official would have known that her actions were unlawful.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mead v. Palmer

3. “if a reasonable officer could have believed [the arrest] to be lawful, in light of clearly established law and the information the [officers] possessed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Smith v. Finch