Legal Opinion
Laura Skop v. City of Atlanta, Georgia
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 3, 2007No. 06-14294PublishedCited by 640 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
This § 1983 civil rights case presents the question whether Timothy Brown, an Atlanta police officer, was entitled to qualified immunity for his arrest of Laura Skop, a woman who asked him to move his patrol car so that she could access her driveway during a heavy thunderstorm. The district court entered summary judgment for Officer Brown, who was blocking the street because a fallen tree had downed some utility lines, on the grounds that he had arguable probable cause to make the arrest. After thorough review, we reverse the district court’s entry of final summary…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- City of Canton v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Hope v. PelzerSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
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