Police Civil Liability

by Kappeler, Victor E.

• ISBN13: 9781577664420
• ISBN10: 1577664426
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-07
• Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc

Summary

"The thirty-five Supreme Court cases in the second edition provide a solid, accessible foundation for understanding civil liability law and its impact on policing operations and management. This resource also includes a brief review of the basics of judicial reasoning and a short introduction on how to brief cases. These materials and the discussion questions at the end of each section help readers understand the process of legal inquiry and analysis and the changing nature of police civil liability law."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Overview of the Court and Case Law	1	(398)
Supreme Court of the United States	1	(6)
Learning Legal Reasoning and Reading Case Law	7	(4)
How to Brief a Case	11	(4)
Municipal Liability and Immunity	15	(76)
Monroe v. Pape	17	(15)
Monell v. Dept. of Social Services of the City of New York	32	(29)
Owen v. City of Independence, Missouri	61	(24)
Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence and Coordination Unit	85	(4)
Discussion Questions	89	(2)
Individual and Official Capacity Lawsuits	91	(42)
Brandon v. Holt	93	(7)
Kentucky v. Graham	100	(8)
Will v. Michigan Department of State Police	108	(9)
Hafer v. Melo	117	(7)
Inyo County, California, et al. v. Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony et al.	124	(7)
Discussion Questions	131	(2)
Policy, Custom, and Policymakers	133	(60)
City of Oklahoma City v. Tuttle	135	(11)
Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati	146	(11)
City of St. Louis v. Praprotnik	157	(13)
Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County, Oklahoma v. Brown, et al.	170	(12)
McMillian v. Monroe County, Alabama	182	(10)
Discussion Questions	192	(1)
Police Use of Force	193	(38)
Tennessee v. Garner	195	(14)
Graham v. Connor	209	(8)
City of Los Angeles v. Heller	217	(3)
Saucier v. Katz, et al.	220	(9)
Discussion Questions	229	(2)
Inadequate Training and Due Process	231	(66)
City of Canton, Ohio v. Harris	233	(10)
Collins v. City of Harker Heights, Texas	243	(10)
Soldal v. Cook County, Illinois	253	(11)
Albright v. Oliver	264	(6)
Wilson v. Layne	270	(9)
Groh v. Ramirez et al.	279	(9)
Muehler et al. v. Mena	288	(6)
Discussion Questions	294	(3)
Police Use of Vehicles	297	(46)
Brower v. County of Inyo	299	(5)
County of Sacramento v. Lewis	304	(14)
Chavez v. Martinez	318	(10)
Town of Castle Rock, Colorado v. Gonzales, Individually and as Next Best Friend of Her Deceased Minor Children, Gonzales et al.	328	(14)
Discussion Questions	342	(1)
The Scope of Individual Immunity	343	(56)
Harlow v. Fitzgerald	345	(14)
Briscoe v. LaHue	359	(14)
Malley v. Briggs	373	(7)
Anderson v. Creighton	380	(8)
Hunter v. Bryant	388	(4)
Rochelle Brosseau v. Kenneth J. Haugen	392	(5)
Discussion Questions	397	(2)
Appendix	399	(12)
Selected Amendments to the Constitution of the United States	400	(1)
Selected Federal Statutes	401	(4)
Revisions to Rules of the Supreme Court of the United States	405	(2)
Members of the Supreme Court of the United States	407	(4)
Glossary of Legal Terms	411