Police Civil Liability: Supreme Court Cases and Materials
The number of laws pertaining to police civil liability has grown substantially over the last several years. It is thus mandatory for students of policing and others involved with the operations and management of the criminal justice system to become familiar with the twenty-nine Supreme Court cases contained in this volume. To assist readers in mastering the Court opinions, Kappeler includes introductory material targeting important elements surrounding the cases, information on the...
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Kappeler (police studies, Eastern Kentucky U.) presents a classroom resource that brings together Supreme Court cases on police civil liability along with discussions of case methods and judicial reasoning. After presenting introductory material related to basic understanding of the role of the Supreme Court in American jurisprudence and purpose of reading case law, the majority of the text is devoted to presenting the Court's majority opinions in the areas of municipal liability and immunity; individual and official capacity lawsuits; policy, customs, and policymakers; police use of force; search, seizure, and deprivation of liberty; inadequate training; police use of vehicles; and the scope of individual immunity. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR
PrefaceviiOverview of the Court and Case Law1Supreme Court of the United States1Learning Legal Reasoning and Reading Case Law7How to Brief a Case11IMunicipal Liability and Immunity15Monroe v. Pape17Monell v. Dept. of Social Services of the City of New York33Owen v. City of Independence, Missouri63Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence and Coordination Unit88IIIndividual and Official Capacity Lawsuits95Brandon v. Holt97Kentucky v. Graham104Will v. Michigan Department of State Police112Hafer v. Melo121IIIPolicy, Custom, and Policymakers129City of Oklahoma City v. Tuttle131Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati142City of St. Louis v. Praprotnik153Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County, Oklahoma v. Brown, et al.166McMillian v. Monroe County, Alabama178IVPolice Use of Force191Tennessee v. Garner193Graham v. Connor208City of Los Angeles v. Heller217Saucier v. Katz, et al.220VSearch, Seizure, and Deprivation of Liberty231Soldal v. Cook County, Illinois233Albright v. Oliver244Wilson v. Layne250VIInadequate Training261City of Canton, Ohio v. Harris263Collins v. City of Harker Heights, Texas273VIIPolice Use of Vehicles285Brower v. County of Inyo287County of Sacramento v. Lewis292VIIIThe Scope of Individual Immunity307Harlow v. Fitzgerald309Briscoe v. LaHue323Malley v. Briggs338Anderson v. Creighton345Hunter v. Bryant353Appendix359Selected Amendments to the Constitution of the United States360Selected Federal Statutes361Selected Rules of the Supreme Court of the United States365Members of the Supreme Court of the United States368Glossary of Legal Terms371
