Legal Opinion

Armstrong v. City of Melvindale

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided January 6, 2006No. 04-2192PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

COOK, Circuit Judge.

Defendants-Appellants, Southgate Police Officers David Fobar and Brad Gratz, appeal the district court’s order denying their motion for summary judgment with respect to: (1) Plaintiffs-Appellees’ claim of a Fourth Amendment violation, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, arising out of Defendants’ execution of a search warrant on the premises of Plaintiffs’ business, and (2) their defense of qualified immunity. Because we find that a reasonable'person in the officers’ position would not have known that his conduct violated a clearly established right, we reverse the…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  5. Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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3Cited by38 opinions

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  3. Zucker v. City of Farmington HillsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2016
  4. Dwain Barton v. Officer MartinCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2020
  5. O'Brien v. Michigan Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2014

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