November 2024
Supreme Court Vacates and Remands Fifth Circuit Decision in Case Involving Retaliatory Arrest
PUBLISHED IN: MediaLawLetter November 2024
TOPICS : Newsgathering
This summary decision, taken together with the Supreme Court’s per curiam decision in Gonzalez, suggest that retaliatory arrest claims can be maintained regardless of probable cause if a plaintiff can show objective evidence that officials rarely, if ever, enforce the law at issue in similar circumstances.
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