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Not necessarily? It seems reasonable the MPD could & would have appealed if the district ruled against, especially given this case hadn't made national media. A
by MaxfordAndSons 10y ago
Not necessarily? It seems reasonable the MPD could & would have appealed if the district ruled against, especially given this case hadn't made national media. And although there were egregious comments made, this is the kind of situation where precedent and judicial restraint almost always ends up favoring the PD.
Edit: District court did rule in MPD's favor. Which isn't surprising of course. Still, wouldn't have been surprised if MPD appealed had it gone against them, for above mentioned reasons.
- jrs235 10y agoMatthew Corrigan is the Appellant meaning he was the one appealing the lower courts decision.
- vilhelm_s 10y agoThe court opinion is linked in the first paragraph of the article. It begins > [Corrigan] now appeals the grant of summary judgment to the defendants, challenging the district court’s rulings that there was no constitutional violation and that the officers were entitled to qualified immunity. Also interesting is how close this case was: the appeals court panel was split 2-1. The dissenting judge agrees that there was a constitutional violation, but says this law was not "clearly established" so the officers should have immunity. It goes to show how low the qualified immunity bar is.
- baldfat 10y agoWOW if this doesn't just go to show how far we have gone in terms of our policies.