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  FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
Where, as here, the excessive force claim arises in the context of an arrest or investigatory stop of a free citizen, it is most properly characterized as one invoking the protections of the Fourth Amendment, which guarantees citizens the right "to be secure in their persons.
Robinson, 414 U.S. Because petitioner's excessive force claim is one arising under the Fourth Amendment, the Court of Appeals erred in analyzing it under the four-part Johnson v.
In this case, petitioner apparently decided that it was in his best interest to disavow the continued applicability of substantive due process analysis as an alternative basis for recovery in prearrest excessive force cases.
caselaw.lp.findlaw.com /scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=490&invol=386   (4269 words)

  
  Hydraulic Case Drain Filters
Case drain filtration was included to reduce the possibility of cross contamination if a failure occurs.
The effect of high case pressure on axial piston pumps is the same as excessive vacuum at the pump inlet.
If residual case pressure remains high when the motor is stopped, loss of contact between the pistons and cam can allow the motor to freewheel, resulting in uncontrolled machine movement.
www.insidersecretstohydraulics.com /case-drain-filters.html   (504 words)

  
 Nominative case - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The nominative case (also called the first case or straight case - in Spanish and Portuguese) is a grammatical case for a noun, which generally marks the subject of a verb, as opposed to its object or other verb arguments.
The nominative case is the usual, natural form (more technically, the least marked) of certain parts of speech, such as nouns, adjectives, pronouns and less frequently numerals and participles, and sometimes does not indicate any special relationship with other parts of speech.
Therefore, in some languages the nominative case is unmarked, that is, the nominative word is the base form or stem, with no inflection; alternatively, it may said to be marked by a zero morpheme.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nominative   (324 words)

  
 Excessive case
The excessive case is a grammatical case that denotes a transition away from a state.
It completes the series of "to/in/from a state" series consisting of the translative case, the essive case and the excessive case.
Särkkä, Tauno: Itämerensuomalaisten kielten eksessiivi (The excessive case of the Baltic-Finnic languages), Helsinki 1969.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/e/ex/excessive_case.html   (246 words)

  
 Declension - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nominative-accusative (or simply accusative): The argument (subject) of an intransitive verb is in the same case as the agent (subject) of a transitive verb; this case is then called the nominative case, with the patient (direct object) of a transitive verb being in the accusative case.
Ergative-accusative (or tripartite): The argument (subject) of an intransitive verb is in its own case (the intransitive case), separate from that of the agent (subject) or patient (direct object) of a transitive verb (which is in the ergative case or accusative case, respectively).
The Status of Morphological Case in the Icelandic Lexicon by Eiríkur Rögnvaldsson.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grammatical_case   (866 words)

  
 Case Manager: A resource for care giving and treatments
The case manager could be a doctor, a nurse, another health care professional, or a social worker.
Case Manager is a person who arranges necessary health-care services for a patient or group of patients.
Case managers oversee case management outcomes, guidelines and standards of practice, reimbursement, trends in managed care, ethical/legal issues, and assessment.
www.casemanager.com   (615 words)

  
 Excessive case - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The excessive case is a grammatical case that denotes a transition away from a state.
It completes the series of "to/in/from a state" series consisting of the translative case, the essive case and the excessive case.
Särkkä, Tauno: Itämerensuomalaisten kielten eksessiivi (The excessive case of the Baltic-Finnic languages), Helsinki 1969.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Excessive_case   (181 words)

  
 Genitive case - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In grammar, the genitive case (or possessive case; also called the second case when discussing certain languages) is the case that marks a noun as being the possessor of another noun.
In some languages, nouns in the genitive case also agree in case with the nouns they modify (that is, it is marked for two cases).
In Baltic-Finnic languages, the accusative case -(e)n is homophonic to the genitive case.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Genitive_case   (1069 words)

  
 Sears Settles Excessive Fee Case
Attorney General Spitzer today announced a settlement with a national retailer to provide refunds to thousands of New Yorkers who were overcharged fees when purchasing new car batteries.
Sears, Roebuck and Co. agreed to make available approximately $105,000 for restitution for as many as 50,000 New Yorkers who were charged an excessive fee when purchasing lead-acid batteries, but not turning in their used batteries.
This case was handled by Assistant Attorney General James Morrissey of the Buffalo Regional Office.
www.oag.state.ny.us /press/2003/aug/aug21a_03.html   (351 words)

  
 More Bad Cop News » Use of excessive force case splits deputy sheriff’s   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Generally, deciding when an officer’s excessive use of force should be prosecuted criminally can be difficult, said Sam Pailca, a former civil King County prosecutor who is now the civilian director of the Seattle Police Department’s Office of Professional Accountability, where she supervises internal investigations.
Some officers in the department contrast the Bonnar case with another in 2003, where two deputies, George Alvarez and James Keller, were arrested for an assault based on another officer’s statements so quickly that the victim, a career criminal, hadn’t yet been interviewed.
Calabrese received a letter of corrective counseling — the lowest possible consequence — for a case in February 2003 where he subdued a man who was being involuntarily committed for mental problems.
www.mustbme.com /use-of-excessive-force-case-splits-deputy-sheriffs.html   (2146 words)

  
 Punitive damages award against utility in personal injury case not excessive Law Reporter - Find Articles
A Missouri appellate court held a punitive damages award of $4 million to a woman injured by a falling utility pole was not excessive where the conduct of the utility-which had conducted only one documented inspection-was outrageous in light of the potential for injury from falling utility poles.
Here, a woman was injured when a utility pole fell on the car in which she was a passenger.
In addition, the court observed, Missouri courts have also considered the following: (1) aggravating and mitigating circumstances; (2) the defendant's character, financial worth, and affluence; (3) the age, health, and character of the injured party; and (4) the superior opportunity for the jury and trial court to appraise the plaintiffs injuries and other damages.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3898/is_200003/ai_n8895794   (359 words)

  
 Troopers cleared in excessive force case
After deliberating about an hour and a half yesterday, the jury sided with troopers George Goodrich and Stephen Colo of the Indiana barracks.
Shupe, 50, of Armstrong Township in Indiana County, admitted he was drunk when he was arrested Aug. 14, 1996, but he claimed the troopers used excessive force when they took him into custody during a struggle in the trailer park where he lived.
The troopers said Shupe was "severely intoxicated" and so belligerent that they had to use pepper spray on him, but they denied hitting him or causing his injuries.
www.post-gazette.com /regionstate/20010125copcasereg5.asp   (623 words)

  
 Punitive damages award against utility in personal injury case not excessive Law Reporter - Find Articles
A Missouri appellate court held a punitive damages award of $4 million to a woman injured by a falling utility pole was not excessive where the conduct of the utility-which had conducted only one documented inspection-was outrageous in light of the potential for injury from falling utility poles.
Here, a woman was injured when a utility pole fell on the car in which she was a passenger.
In addition, the court observed, Missouri courts have also considered the following: (1) aggravating and mitigating circumstances; (2) the defendant's character, financial worth, and affluence; (3) the age, health, and character of the injured party; and (4) the superior opportunity for the jury and trial court to appraise the plaintiffs injuries and other damages.
findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3898/is_200003/ai_n8895794   (342 words)

  
 Visalaw Blog
USCIS recently tried to send a message to its customers that they better not complain to the courts when they delay cases excessively due to security delays or other reasons.
There have been several major defeats in the court recently in mandamus cases including the latest involving a case delayed for security clearances for eight years.
A judge ordered USCIS to adjudicate the case and also is forcing USCIS to pay the lawyer $19,000 in attorneys fees.
www.visalaw.com /2007/02/uscis-pays-big-time-for-excessive-case.html   (289 words)

  
 Excessive Force Attorney - Loevy & Loevy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
An Excessive Force Attorney has expertise in achieving successful jury verdicts for their Excessive Force clients.
The Excessive Force Attorney firm of Loevy and Loevy has been successful in securing settlements totaling millions of dollars in recoveries for their clients.
Once an Excessive Force Attorney represents your case, he/she will be dedicated in putting together a successful case.
www.loevy.com /excessive_force_attorney.html   (351 words)

  
 Excessive Force Lawyer - Loevy & Loevy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
An Excessive Force Lawyer has expertise achieving successful jury verdicts for their Excessive Force clients.
The Excessive Force Lawyer firm of Loevy and Loevy has been successful in securing settlements totaling millions of dollars in recoveries for their clients.
Once an Excessive Force Lawyer represents your case, he/she will be dedicated in putting together a successful case.
www.loevy.com /excessive_force_lawyer.html   (350 words)

  
 Judge: Damage award in pregnant officer case 'excessive'
The city had said it was a "garden variety" emotional-distress case, court records said.
Glenn-Davis was a 15-year veteran and the only woman among 24 police lieutenants, which made her the highest-ranking woman on the force, when she passed an exam for captain in May 2000.
But a federal appeals court reinstated the suit in 2005 after ruling in another case that an employer accused of discrimination can't avoid trial by making oral, undocumented claims of a hiring or promotional freeze.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/10/BAGA0OJ5KV25.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea   (784 words)

  
 $199,000 Recovery Police Excessive Force Case - New York Police Brutality Attorneys - NY Personal Injury Lawyers - ...
In this particular case, issues of credibility existed with respect to the police, a supposedly independent witness, and plaintiff.
This case was referred to Wingate, Russotti and Shapiro by another personal injury law firm for trial, after much of the discovery had been completed.
Any results set forth here were dependent on the facts of that case and the results will differ from case to case.
www.wrslaw.com /wrs.settle82.html   (622 words)

  
 Compulsory licensing for copyright: The ITT Promedia/Begacom excessive pricing case
Upon a complaint by ITT Promedia, the Belgian directory-publishing subsidiary of the US ITT World Directories company, the Commission investigated into Belgacom’s prices for access to subscriber data for the publication of telephone directories.
The complainant alleged that the prices charged by the Belgian incumbent telecommunications operator were excessive and discriminatory in the sense of Article 86 EC-Treaty.
The Commission carried out an assessment of the prices charged, with the support of an expert auditing firm, and insisted in fully implementing the cost-orientation principle.
www.cptech.org /blogs/cl4copyright/2006/07/itt-promediabegacom-excessive-pricing.html   (196 words)

  
 Chicago Civil Rights, Police Abuse Attorney, Law firm - Loevy & Loevy
$275,000 jury verdict in excessive force case against Chicago tried in August 2005.
$250,000 settlement in police brutality case against the City of Evanston in 2004
$373,000 jury verdict against the City of Urbana in an excessive force case in March 2003
www.loevy.com   (213 words)

  
 sisu: The definitive case against excessive cosmetic surgery
While others speculate about the number of facelifts Nancy Pelosi may or may not have had, Ann Althouse notices the Democratic Leader of the House is just plain scary looking.
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Big Meows to Sisu, who I rely on for my regular cat fix.
sisu.typepad.com /sisu/2004/12/the_definitive__1.html   (1495 words)

  
 News of the Day - 124
Agents of Fidel Castro had informed President Clinton that Lazaro’s bungalow was crammed with armaments and packed with Miami Mafiosi.
The judge is allowing only those people who were outside the barricades put up by the city to sue the government for excessive use of force (Newsmax.com, Jan 28, 2005).
Clinton Care in Miami, AAPS News June 2000.
www.aapsonline.org /nod/newsofday124.htm   (163 words)

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