{"id":10486,"date":"2014-03-05T08:01:36","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T07:54:55","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T07:54:55","slug":"en-US","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=10486","title":{"rendered":"Plumhoff<\/em> argument articles: NYT, SCOTUSBlog, WaPo"},"content":{"rendered":"

NYT: Justices Unite on Key Point in Chase Ending in Fatal Police Shooting<\/a> by Adam Liptak:<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The Supreme Court seemed to have little trouble concluding during an unusually one-sided argument on Tuesday that Arkansas police officers who had used deadly force to end a high-speed car chase could not be sued by the family of the driver.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

SCOTUSBlog: Argument analysis: To decide, or not<\/a> by Lyle Denniston<\/p>\n

The more questions the Supreme Court Justices asked on Tuesday about the facts in a high-speed police chase case, the more they showed a willingness \u2014 maybe even an eagerness \u2014 to rule for the police. But the more they looked for a legal principle, the more they were talking themselves out of ruling at all. Those odd cross-currents marked the argument in the case of Plumhoff v. Rickard.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

WaPo: Supreme Court justices grill plaintiff\u2019s lawyer in suit over police chase that ended in 2 deaths<\/a> by Robert Barnes:<\/p>\n

The nine justices of the Supreme Court appeared more like an ad hoc jury Tuesday as they considered the case of a wild high-speed chase that ended with police officers shooting and killing the two occupants of a car.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Disclaimer: No comment; I was on the petitioner’s brief and worked on all the argument. And getting back at 8 pm was why there was one post yesterday.<\/p>\n

The videos are available on YouTube, apparently, but I just looked and couldn’t find them. I have a private posting link, but only for the parties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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