Tomanqui Kirk, Plaintiff-Respondent and Cross-Appellant v. the City of Newark, a Municipal Corporation of the State…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed the Appellate Division and reinstated the trial court's judgment dismissing the §1983 claim against Detective Cardillo, holding that a reasonably trained officer could have believed probable cause existed and that Cardillo was therefore entitled to qualified immunity for both the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment claims.