Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Miller
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 15, 2015No. 14-2116PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
We seldom do our best thinking in the murky hours when late night seeps into early morning. What strikes one as a fíne idea in the darkness may reveal itself to be a brilliant mistake in the cold light of dawn. Decisions made well past 4 a.m. by two men — one a suspect, the other a police officer — are at the heart of this appeal. Jonathan E. Mitchell, once the suspect, now the plaintiff, decided to break in to his estranged wife’s apartment to talk about their relationship, and then opted to lead police on a car chase. He now contends that Officer Robert Miller…
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- Plumhoff v. RickardSupreme Court of the United States · 2014
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