Legal Opinion
Laurencin v. West Hartford
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided September 28, 2023No. 3:21-cv-00452Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT CATO LAURENCIN, Plaintiff, No. 3:21-cv-00452-MPS v. TOWN OF WEST HARTFORD, JEFFREY SWANK, KATHY EARLY, Defendants. RULING ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT Connecticut law prohibits some but not all uses of a cell phone while driving. This case raises the question of how much evidence police officers must have to stop a vehicle based on reasonable suspicion that a driver is engaging in a prohibited, rather than a permitted, use of a cellphone under Connecticut’s statute. On February 15, 2020, Dr. Cato Laurencin was detained during a traffic…
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