Mullenix v. Luna
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Mullenix v. Luna, 577 U.S. ___ (2015), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a police officer who shot a suspect during a police pursuit was entitled to qualified immunity.[1] In a per curiam opinion, the Court held that prior precedent did not establish "beyond debate" that the officer's actions were objectively unreasonable.[2]
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Quick Facts Mullenix v. Luna, Decided November 9, 2015 ...
Mullenix v. Luna | |
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Decided November 9, 2015 | |
Full case name | Chadrin Lee Mullenix v. Beatrice Luna, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Israel Leija, Jr., et al. |
Docket no. | 14-1143 |
Citations | 577 U.S. ___ (more) 136 S. Ct. 305; 193 L. Ed. 2d 255; 2015 U.S. LEXIS 7160 |
Case history | |
Prior | On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Procedural | Summary judgment denied, 2013 WL 4017124 (N.D. Tex., Aug. 7, 2013); aff'd, 773 F. 3d 712 (5th Cir. 2014); opinion withdrawn, substituted opinion at 777 F. 3d 221 (5th Cir. 2014); rehearing en banc denied, 77 F. 3d 221 (2014) |
Holding | |
A police officer who shot and killed a fleeing suspect during a police pursuit was entitled to qualified immunity because existing precedent did not establish "beyond debate" that the officer's actions were objectively unreasonable. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Per curiam | |
Concurrence | Scalia (in judgment) |
Dissent | Sotomayor |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. IV |
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