Youngblood v. Clepper’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Scheuer v. Rhodes · Pierson v. Ray · Barr v. Matteo · Spalding v. Vilas · Bowers by Bowers v. City of Chattanooga
Most-quoted passages
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“In one sense, much of a police officer's conduct involved [sic] discretion. An officer must continuously choose between warnings and arrests. He must decide whether a minor problem should be passed up in order to concentrate on a more serious one. He must decide which vehicles to signal and what form of signal to give. Discretion is a constant factor in a police officer's day.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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