550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 276,716 times 369 Legal Analyses
Holding that allegations of conduct that are merely consistent with wrongdoing do not state a claim unless "placed in a context that raises a suggestion of" such wrongdoing
Holding that the existence of probable cause for an arrest alleged to be in retaliation for protected speech affects the second prong of the First Amendment analysis
Holding that there was no protection by immunity for police officer who conspired to fabricate a known false confession and forward that confession to prosecutor
Holding that complaint alleging officers conspired with skinheads to allow them to beat up others with impunity sufficiently stated a due process claim
Holding that failure by District Attorney to train Assistant District Attorneys on Brady obligations could support Monell liability where plaintiffs did not allege a history of disclosure violations
Holding that a detainee is protected from “a sustained detention stemming directly from the law enforcement officials' refusal to investigate available exculpatory evidence” and allowing an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the jailers to proceed even though the detainee had numerous court appearances during his detention
Holding that, where the state claim required an application of state law that was potentially novel, the state claim was appropriately resolved in state court, and retention of the state claim after the dismissal of the federal claim "would be an inappropriate exercise of pendent jurisdiction and a waste of judicial resources"