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Oct 2023
Fund for Empowerment v. Phoenix, City of

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Fund for Empowerment v. Phoenix, City of

Fund for Empowerment is a challenge to the City of Phoenix鈥檚 practice of conducting sweeps of encampments without notice, issuing citations to unsheltered people for camping and sleeping on public property when they have no place else to go, and confiscating and destroying their property without notice or process.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2019

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Torres v. Madrid

Whether the Fourth Amendment applies to a police officer's intentional use of physical force against a fleeing person, if that use of force does not succeed in terminating her movement.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2019
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Torres v. Madrid

Whether the Fourth Amendment applies to a police officer's intentional use of physical force against a fleeing person, if that use of force does not succeed in terminating her movement.
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Nieves v. Bartlett, 17-1174
U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2019

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Criminal Law Reform

Nieves v. Bartlett, 17-1174

Whether a plaintiff who claims that a police officer retaliated against his First Amendment-protected expression by arresting him for a misdemeanor is barred from suing if the police had probable cause for his arrest.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2019
Nieves v. Bartlett, 17-1174

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Criminal Law Reform

Nieves v. Bartlett, 17-1174

Whether a plaintiff who claims that a police officer retaliated against his First Amendment-protected expression by arresting him for a misdemeanor is barred from suing if the police had probable cause for his arrest.
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Money and US flag
Arizona
Aug 2017

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Cox v. Voyles, et. al.

The ACLU, the 桃子视频of Arizona, and the law firm Perkins Coie filed the case in 2015 against the Sheriff, the County Attorney, and other Pinal County, Arizona officials, for their enforcement of Arizona鈥檚 civil asset forfeiture laws. The defendants filed three motions to dismiss, but a federal court ruled on August 18, 2017, that the claims at the heart of the case can move forward. The judge found that the lawsuit establishes a plausible claim that the state鈥檚 asset forfeiture laws violate due process rights 鈥渂ecause Defendants have a financial incentive to zealously enforce the forfeiture laws.鈥
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Arizona
Aug 2017
Money and US flag

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Cox v. Voyles, et. al.

The ACLU, the 桃子视频of Arizona, and the law firm Perkins Coie filed the case in 2015 against the Sheriff, the County Attorney, and other Pinal County, Arizona officials, for their enforcement of Arizona鈥檚 civil asset forfeiture laws. The defendants filed three motions to dismiss, but a federal court ruled on August 18, 2017, that the claims at the heart of the case can move forward. The judge found that the lawsuit establishes a plausible claim that the state鈥檚 asset forfeiture laws violate due process rights 鈥渂ecause Defendants have a financial incentive to zealously enforce the forfeiture laws.鈥
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County of Los Angeles v. Angel Mendez
U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2017

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County of Los Angeles v. Angel Mendez

Whether the Ninth Circuit鈥檚 鈥減rovocation rule鈥 that police officers may be held liable for using force when they provoked a threatening reaction with a Fourth Amendment violation is consistent with the Supreme Court鈥檚 use of force analysis in Graham v. Connor and subsequent cases?
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U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2017
County of Los Angeles v. Angel Mendez

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County of Los Angeles v. Angel Mendez

Whether the Ninth Circuit鈥檚 鈥減rovocation rule鈥 that police officers may be held liable for using force when they provoked a threatening reaction with a Fourth Amendment violation is consistent with the Supreme Court鈥檚 use of force analysis in Graham v. Connor and subsequent cases?
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014

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Criminal Law Reform

Heien v. North Carolina

Whether a traffic stop based on a police officer鈥檚 mistaken understanding of the traffic laws violates the Fourth Amendment.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014

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Criminal Law Reform

Heien v. North Carolina

Whether a traffic stop based on a police officer鈥檚 mistaken understanding of the traffic laws violates the Fourth Amendment.
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