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Police Civil Liability

Supreme Court Cases and Materials, Second Edition

 

Victor E. Kappeler

 

The thirty-five Supreme Court cases in the second edition provide a solid, accessible foundation for understanding civil liability law and its impact on policing operations and management. This convenient resource also includes a brief review of the basics of judicial reasoning and a short introduction on how to brief cases. These materials and the discussion questions at the end of each section help readers understand the process of legal inquiry and analysis and the changing nature of police civil liability law. An excellent complement to Kappeler’s text Critical Issues in Police Civil Liability, Fourth Edition!

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Critical Issues in Police Civil Liability, 4/E

Forces of Deviance, 2/E

The Mythology of Crime and Criminal Justice, 4/E

The Police and Society, 3/E

$32.95 list, 416 pages

10-digit ISBN: 1-57766-442-6

13-digit ISBN: 978-1-57766-442-0

© 2006

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Table of Contents

 

Overview of the Court and Case Law

Supreme Court of the United States

Learning Legal Reasoning and Reading Case Law

How to Brief a Case

I. MUNICIPAL LIABILITY AND IMMUNITY

Monroe v. Pape

Monell v. Dept. of Social Services of the City of New York

Owen v. City of Independence, Missouri

Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence and Coordination Unit

Discussion Questions

II. INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY LAWSUITS

Brandon v. Holt

Kentucky v. Graham

Will v. Michigan Department of State Police

Hafer v. Melo

Inyo County, California, et al. v. Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony et al.

Discussion Questions

III. POLICY, CUSTOM, AND POLICYMAKERS

City of Oklahoma City v. Tuttle

Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati

City of St. Louis v. Praprotnik

Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County, Oklahoma v. Brown, et al.

McMillian v. Monroe County, Alabama

Discussion Questions

IV. POLICE USE OF FORCE

Tennessee v. Garner

Graham v. Connor

City of Los Angeles v. Heller

Saucier v. Katz, et al.

Discussion Questions

V. INADEQUATE TRAINING AND DUE PROCESS

City of Canton, Ohio v. Harris

Collins v. City of Harker Heights, Texas

Soldal v. Cook County, Illinois

Albright v. Oliver

Wilson v. Layne

Groh v. Ramirez et al.

Muehler et al. v. Mena

Discussion Questions

VI. POLICE USE OF VEHICLES

Brower v. County of Inyo

County of Sacramento v. Lewis

Chavez v. Martinez

Town of Castle Rock, Colorado v. Gonzales, Individually and as Next Best Friend of Her Deceased Minor Children, Gonzales et al.

Discussion Questions

VII. THE SCOPE OF INDIVIDUAL IMMUNITY

Harlow v. Fitzgerald

Briscoe v. LaHue

Malley v. Briggs

Anderson v. Creighton

Hunter v. Bryant

Rochelle Brosseau v. Kenneth J. Haugen

Discussion Questions

Appendixes:

Selected Amendments to the Constitution of the United States

Selected Federal Statutes

Revisions to Rules of the Supreme Court of the United States

Members of the Supreme Court of the United States

Glossary of Legal Terms