Legal Opinion
Church v. Anderson
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided April 17, 2017No. C15-3171-MWBPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
MARK W. BENNETT, U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ...965
A. Factual Background ... 965
B. Procedural Background ... 968
II. LEGAL ANALYSIS .. .969
A. Summarg Judgment Standards ...969
B. Heck Preclusion .. .970
C. Qualified Immunity ... 973
1. Standards for qualifted immunity ...973
2. Excessive force claim ... 976
D. State Law Claims ... 979
III. CONCLUSION .. .979
Early in the morning of Christmas day, December 25, 2013, Cedar Falls police officer Bob Anderson shot…
2Cases cited78 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Zachary Church v. Bob AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2018
- McElree v. City of Cedar RapidsDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 2019
- Amos v. KellyDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 2025
- Anderson v. Vanden AvondDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 2022
- Butenhoff v. Saint Louis CountyDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 2024
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