Wrisley v. Crowe
Petition for certiorari denied on January 10, 2010
Issue: (1) Whether police are subject to liability under the Fifth Amendment for allegedly coercive questioning used only in pre-trial proceedings that do not impose criminal penalties; (2) whether police are subject to liability for questioning excluded under the Fifth Amendment and not rising to a level that "shocks the conscience" under the Fourteenth Amendment; and (3) whether police can "shock the conscience" for purposes of liability under the Fourteenth Amendment by non-tortious conduct that causes or threatens no physical harm.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Petition of the day (Kiran Bhat, October 8, 2010)
Briefs and Documents
Certiorari-stage documents
- Opinion below (9th Circuit)
- Petition for certiorari
- Brief in opposition (Crowe)
- Brief in opposition (Houser)
- Consolidated reply to brief in opposition (McDonough)
- Petitioners' reply brief (Wrisley)
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