Legal Opinion

Brown v. City of Golden Valley

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 22, 2009No. 08-1640PublishedCited by 378 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Golden Valley, Minnesota, Police Officer Rob Zarrett appeals from the district court’s 1 denial of his motion for summary judgment based upon qualified and official immunity in Sandra Brown’s action against him arising from Zarrett’s application of a Taser during a traffic stop. 2 We affirm.

I

Sandra Brown and her husband, Richard Brown (we will hereinafter refer to the Browns individually by their first names), had plans to meet friends for dinner at a downtown Minneapolis restaurant on Friday, October 8, 2005. After returning home from work, the Browns each had a…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Pearson v. CallahanSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  4. Hope v. PelzerSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  5. Russo v. City of CincinnatiCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992

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3Cited by378 opinions

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  4. Mark Atkinson v. City of Mountain ViewCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2013
  5. Donald Gravelet-Blondin v. Sgt Jeff SheltonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2013

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