Legal Opinion
Gooden v. Howard County
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 23, 1992No. 89-2470PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
This case presents important issues pertaining to the defense of qualified immunity from suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The factual circumstances are unusual, even bizarre, but the issues they raise as to qualified immunity occur all the time. It was to clarify these issues and to underscore the reasonable latitude accorded law enforcement officers in the performance of their duties that the court granted an en banc hearing in this case.
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On the morning of February 21, 1987, Officer Nancy Yeager responded to a call from 11329 Little Patuxet Parkway, Columbia,…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by112 opinions
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