Supreme Court· 5/28/2019

Nieves v. Bartlett

Citations

587 U.S. 391
139 S. Ct. 1715
204 L. Ed. 2d 1
2019 U.S. LEXIS 3557

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holding that probable cause defeats a First Amendment retaliation claim unless plaintiff presents “objective evidence that he was arrested when otherwise similarly situated individuals not engaged in the same sort of protected speech had not been.”
“The plaintiff pressing a retaliatory arrest claim must plead and prove the absence of probable cause for the arrest.”
suit against municipality, law enforcement officers and lab technician who fabricated evidence for alleged misconduct in the investigation and prosecution of case
first two quoting Hartman v. Moore, 547 U.S. 250, 259, 20 260, 126 S.Ct. 1695 (2006)
Equal Protection Clause not violated by California property tax system in which assessed value could increase only two per cent a year except in cases of improvements or change of ownership
no First Amendment retaliation claim where officer had reasonable suspicion for plaintiff’s detention

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Judges: John G. Roberts

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