Legal Opinion
Edwards v. Baer
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 19, 1988No. 88-1704PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Chief Judge.
The principal question in this case, and one that federal courts constantly confront, involves the liability of a police officer under section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act for making an invalid arrest. Twenty-seven years ago, Justice Frankfurter predicted that the federal courts would become a haven for litigation of state false arrest and false imprisonment claims. Monroe v. Pape, 365 U.S. 167, 240-41 & n. 68, 81 S.Ct. 473, 512-13 & n. 68, 5 L.Ed.2d 492 (1961) (Frankfurter, J., dissenting). Although to some extent this prediction has been accurate, the law is now…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Malley v. BriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Baker v. McCollanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by52 opinions
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- Torchinsky v. SiwinskiCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
- Torchinsky v. SiwinskiCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
- Stephen L. Bartlett v. Colonel C.E. Fisher Captain S.T. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
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