# Amicus Curiae Brief — Broad v. Weigel (No. 08-1128)

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## Record

- **Collection:** Supreme Court brief
- **Document type:** Amicus Curiae Brief
- **Published:** January 1, 2008

## Text

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No. 08-1128

IN THE

Supreme Court of the Anited States

JOHN K. BROAD, individually; and DEVAN
HENDERSON, individually,
Petitioners,
Vv.

GLEN WEIGEL and DAVID WEIGEL, as Co-Personal
Representatives of the Estate of Bruce James Weigel,
Deceased,

Respondents.

On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to
the United States Court of Appeals
for the Tenth Circuit

BRIEF OF THE STATES OF INDIANA, ALABAMA,
ALASKA, ARKANSAS, COLORADO, DELAWARE, FLORIDA,
IDAHO, IOWA, KANSAS, MARYLAND, MICHIGAN,
MONTANA, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH
DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, VERMONT,
WASHINGTON, AND WEST VIRGINIA
AS AMICT CURIAEIN SUPPORT OF THE PETITION

Office of the Indiana GREGORY F.. ZOELLER
Attorney General Attorney General

IGC South, Fifth Floor THOMAS M. FISHER*

302 W. Washington Street Solicitor General

Indianapolis, IN 46204 HEATHER L. HAGAN

(317) 232-6255 ASHLEY E. TATMAN

Deputy Attorneys General

*Counsel of Record Counsel for Amici States

(Additional counse! listed inside cover)

ADDITIONAL COUNSEL

TROY KING
Attorney General
State of Alabama

WAYNE ANTHONY ROSS
Attorney General

State of Alaska

DUSTIN MCDANIEL
Attorney General
State of Arkansas

JOHN W. SUTHERS
Attorney General
State of Colorado

RICHARD S. GEBELEIN

Chief Deputy
Attorney General

State of Delaware

BILL MCCOLLUM
Attorney General
State of Florida

LAWRENCE G. WASDEN
Attorney General
State of Idaho

THOMAS J. MILLER
Attorney General
State of Iowa

STEVE SIX
Attorney General
State of Kansas

DOUGLAS F. GANSLER
Attorney General
State of Maryland

MICHAEL A. Cox
Attorney General
State of Michigan

STEVE BULLOCK
Attorney General
State of Montana

WAYNE STENEHJAM
Attorney General
State of North Dakota

HENRY MCMASTER
Attorney General
State of South Carolina

LAWRENCE E. LONG
Attorney General
State of South Dakota

ROBERT E. COOPER, JR.
Attorney General
State of Tennessee

ADDITIONAL COUNSEL (Cont’d)

GREG ABBOTT
Attorney General
State of Texas

WILLIAM H. SORRELL
Attorney General
State of Vermont

ROBERT M. MCKENNA
Attorney General
State of Washington

DARRELL V. MCGRAW, JR.
Attorney General
State of West Virginia

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QUESTIONS PRESENTED

1. Whether, under Hope v. Pelzer, it is proper
for a court, in a qualified immunity analysis, to
elevate and equate police training to the status of
clearly established law.

2. Whether the Court of Appeals applied the
proper standard in determining that the Troopers’
conduct was objectively unreasonable in hght of
this Court’s recent decision in Scott v. Harris.

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