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United States retaliatory arrestsection 1983probable cause

Gonzalez v. Trevino

602 U. S. 653 (2024)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtSupreme Court of the United States
Year2024
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A First Amendment retaliatory-arrest plaintiff who cannot meet Nieves v. Bartlett's no-probable-cause rule may still proceed under the Nieves exception by presenting objective evidence that he was arrested when otherwise similarly situated individuals not engaged in protected speech were not, and need not produce a virtually identical, identifiable comparator.

Area of Law

General

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