United States Supreme Court Allows Plaintiff to Pursue Her First Amendment Retaliatory Arrest Claim Despite the Presence of Probable Cause
Read below to learn more about the case Gonzalez v. Trevino and how it impacts First Amendment rights in false arrest claims. In Nieves v. Bartlett (2019), the Supreme Court established that a plaintiff bringing a retaliatory arrest claim must typically prove the absence of probable cause for their arrest. However, there’s an exception: if …