Fourth Amendment Seizure
Core dispute over whether gunshots that hit but fail to stop a person constitute a seizure
Torres v. Madrid
- Jurisdiction: United States (July 15, 2014 (incident); March 25, 2021 (Supreme Court decision))
- Original Case: Torres v. Madrid, 592 U.S. ___ (2021)
- Victims<![CDATA[Roxanne Torres]]>Defendants<![CDATA[Janice Madrid]]><![CDATA[Richard Williamson]]>Plaintiffs<![CDATA[Roxanne Torres]]>Investigators<![CDATA[无]]>Prosecutors<![CDATA[无]]>Defense Attorneys<![CDATA[Mark D. Standridge]]>Plaintiff Attorneys<![CDATA[Kelsi Brown Corkran]]>Judges<![CDATA[John Roberts]]><![CDATA[Stephen Breyer]]><![CDATA[Sonia Sotomayor]]><![CDATA[Elena Kagan]]><![CDATA[Brett Kavanaugh]]><![CDATA[Neil Gorsuch]]><![CDATA[Clarence Thomas]]><![CDATA[Samuel Alito]]>Institutions<![CDATA[Supreme Court of the United States]]><![CDATA[New Mexico State Police]]><![CDATA[United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit]]>
- Case Tags: Police Shooting;Fourth Amendment Seizure;Excessive Force;Civil Rights Litigation