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Edgerton v. Gen. Cas. Co. of Wisconsin

U.S.
Mar 20, 1995
514 U.S. 1017 (1995)

Summary

reasoning that for § 1983 liability to be imposed under the state-created danger theory, the environment created by state actors must be dangerous, the state actors must know that it is dangerous, and "they must have used their authority to create an opportunity that would not otherwise have existed for the third party's crime to occur"

Summary of this case from Pope v. Trotwood-Madison City School Dist. Board of Educ.

Opinion

No. 94-1256.

March 20, 1995.


Sup. Ct. Wis. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 184 Wis. 2d 750, 517 N. W. 2d 463.


Summaries of

Edgerton v. Gen. Cas. Co. of Wisconsin

U.S.
Mar 20, 1995
514 U.S. 1017 (1995)

reasoning that for § 1983 liability to be imposed under the state-created danger theory, the environment created by state actors must be dangerous, the state actors must know that it is dangerous, and "they must have used their authority to create an opportunity that would not otherwise have existed for the third party's crime to occur"

Summary of this case from Pope v. Trotwood-Madison City School Dist. Board of Educ.
Case details for

Edgerton v. Gen. Cas. Co. of Wisconsin

Case Details

Full title:CITY OF EDGERTON ET AL. v. GENERAL CASUALTY COMPANY OF WISCONSIN ET AL

Court:U.S.

Date published: Mar 20, 1995

Citations

514 U.S. 1017 (1995)

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