Legal Opinion
Croom v. Balkwill
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 7, 2011No. 09-16315PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Per curiam
On August 20, 2004, Patsy Croom was seized by law enforcement and detained for up to two hours while officers 1 searched the residence of her son. Croom argues the officers’ actions violated her rights under the Fourth Amendment. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants, and Croom appeals.
I
In August of 2004, Croom, a 63-year old retiree and Arkansas resident, came to Sarasota, Florida to visit her son whose wife had recently committed suicide. 2 On the day in question, Croom was gardening in the front yard of her son’s home (“the Premises”), wearing only a…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Pearson v. CallahanSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by71 opinions
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