The U.S. Supreme Court issued several rulings, including a 6-3 decision in Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon where Justice Kagan sided with the plaintiff in a malicious prosecution case. In another 6-3 ruling in Diaz v. United States, the Court held that expert testimony on group mental states does not violate FRE Rule 704(b). Additionally, in Gonzalez v. Trevino, the Court narrowly sided with the plaintiff in a retaliatory arrest claim, criticizing the Fifth Circuit's analysis.
Supreme Court grants leeway to prosecutors to use expert testimony at trial https://t.co/4vpm37edsc
Justice Gorsuch's very well-done dissent hints at the more fundamental problem with this sort of "expert" testimony: It rarely satisfies Rule 702. There's no predicate--other than drug courier convictions themselves!--for a law enforcement agent such as the one here ... [1] https://t.co/NKb6DQNwBi
Although there have been no 4A cases at SCOTUS for a few Terms, the Court did invent a tort for malicious prosecution a while back that they (weirdly) claim is based in the 4A. And they had a case on it today, Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon. https://t.co/4TyC0Kdnji #N https://t.co/lKS103NLcv
The Supreme Court revives a civil rights claim brought by a Texas woman who served on a small-town council and was arrested following her criticisms of a senior official. https://t.co/uEmgNcxA92
🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING: SUPREME COURT BACKS EX-COUNCIL MEMBER ARRESTED FOR CRITICIZING CITY MANAGER The Supreme Court has revived Sylvia Gonzalez's civil rights case. Gonzalez, a former council member in Castle Hills, Texas, was arrested in 2019 after criticizing the city manager and… https://t.co/2zW2O2aiG0
🚨BREAKING 🚨 @IJ wins #FirstAmendment retaliation case, Gonzalez v. Trevino! #SCOTUS holds that probable cause does NOT preclude a claim for retaliatory arrest when evidence of retaliation is present. Follow this link and thread for updates: https://t.co/mXGJCqAKTe https://t.co/XYZbsE7rCj
The Chiaverini SCOTUS opinion published today was argued the day before Fischer. Maybe we're getting closer...
BREAKING: Supreme Court rules for ex-council member in Texas arrested after criticizing city official. https://t.co/SMUqEmFbKA
Counting The Votes In An Unusual Per Curiam Opinion in Gonzalez v. Trevino. We know the identity of four members of the majority, but who else joined? https://t.co/v3yBZdFXPr
Thoughts on why Gonzalez v. Trevino was issued as a per curiam? (I haven't been following it.) #SCOTUS
US Supreme Court rules against convicted border drug 'mule' in expert testimony dispute https://t.co/aeKaH8vKbe https://t.co/1mG8HNggHw
Has anyone ever tried to explain when the Supreme Court chooses to issue an opinion per curiam? Why is Gonzalez v. Trevino a PC? Yes, it's short, but it also comes with 4 separate ops, so it's not exactly an instance of the Court speaking univocally.
🔵 US SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST CONVICTED BORDER DRUG 'MULE' IN EXPERT TESTIMONY DISPUTE The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against a California woman convicted of smuggling drugs across the U.S.-Mexican border who challenged prosecution expert testimony that cast doubt… https://t.co/vkYJpmdUMW
SCOTUS ruled against a California woman convicted of smuggling drugs across the US-Mexican border who challenged prosecution expert testimony that cast doubt on her claim that she acted unwittingly as a 'blind' drug mule https://t.co/y8QO07dr06 https://t.co/vaMLXXbjMW
#SCOTUS just released the opinion in Gonzalez v. Trevino . Another win for free speech. "The per curiam opinion agrees with Gonzalez, the woman who was arrested, that the court of appeals took a view of Nieves that was too narrow. Requiring her to provide examples of people who… https://t.co/kXxYPLOsf8
Interesting new opinion out of SCOTUS this morning on the issue of malicious prosecution. The Supreme Court cleared a hurdle out of the way for 4th Amendment malicious prosecution claims. Prosecuting a valid claim next to an invalid one doesn’t give the Government a free ride on… https://t.co/VAz0HB4zRS
The Supreme Court's fourth AND FINAL decision of the day is a per curiam opinion in Gonzalez v. Trevino holding that the 5th Circuit applied the wrong analysis so egregiously that it must attempt a do-over before SCOTUS can take this case more seriously. https://t.co/PHc5ABcgHn https://t.co/iCRh9G01lB
Last ruling from #SCOTUS is Gonzalez v. Trevino. In unsigned opinion, Court narrowly sides with plaintiff bringing retaliatory arrest claim; holds Fifth Circuit took too narrow a view. Only public dissent is from Justice Thomas: https://t.co/TUFW1G5VPc That's it for today.
SUPREME COURT: Diaz v. United States. Thomas. 6-3 Expert testimony that “most people” in a group have a particular mental state is not an opinion about “the defendant” and thus does not violate FRE Rule 704(b). https://t.co/I4bb5SrO13
Another 6-3 #SCOTUS opinion in Diaz. Justice Thomas writes, and the dissenters are Gorsuch, Kagan, and Sotomayor, so still not the 6-3 you're looking for. https://t.co/pKRNuNGvdi https://t.co/BfeHvBkMtY
SUPREME COURT: Diaz v. United States. Thomas. Unanimous Court in judgment. Expert testimony that “most people” in a group have a particular mental state is not an opinion about “the defendant” and thus does not violate FRE Rule 704(b). https://t.co/I4bb5SrO13
FInally, another 6-3 #SCOTUS opinion in Chiaverini, only Kagan writes for the Court with Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissenting (so not the 6-3 you thought). https://t.co/EZ1RE8eCMN
SUPREME COURT: Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon. Kagan 6-3. The presence of probable cause for one charge in a criminal proceeding does not categorically defeat a Fourth Amendment malicious prosecution claim relating to another, baseless charge. https://t.co/0Cas9PLqgO
2nd SCOTUS opinion: Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon by Justice Kagan for a 6-3 majority in a relatively minor 4th amendment case about probable cause. https://t.co/B6xCCOh0zM
Second (but *not* last) #SCOTUS ruling today is in Chiaverini. For a 6-3 majority, Justice Kagan sides with 1983 plaintiff in malicious prosecution case: https://t.co/hY9XHukbs3