Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Schaefer v. State Board of Equalization

Schaefer v. State Bd. of Equalization, 502 U.S. 960 (1991)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1991-11-12
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • In a § 1983 action, the plaintiff must demonstrate more than mere negligence in the treatment of a medical condition.
  • exigent circumstances justifying a warrantless entry existed when police, who went to the defendant’s home to question him about the alleged abuse of his children, saw, through an open door, a man sleeping on the sofa with a sawed-off shotgun at his feet

Citator

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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.