The U.S. Supreme Court, Qualified Immunity, Deadly Force, and a Car Chase.

10 Tuesday Nov 2015

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Appellate Law, Civil Rights, Excessive Force, Governmental Tort Claim Act, Qualified Immunity, United States Supreme Court

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Supreme Court Action: Qualified Immunity When Deadly Force is Used By Officers During A Car Chase, by Mark Giangrande, Law Librarians Blog

http://tinyurl.com/q8m43ce

It will be interesting to see how this ruling may be applied to recent news events. –CCE

The Supreme Court issued one opinion today [November 9, 2015]. The case, Mullenix v. Luna (14-1143), decided whether a Texas state trooper (Mullenix) was entitled to qualified immunity when he fired shots at a suspect’s car during a high speed chase, killing the suspect. . . .