The Supreme Court reversed an appeals court ruling that sided with a civil rights plaintiff on Thursday, but lawyers for the man beaten by officers are encouraged by what they see as a path to victory left open by the justices.
In a technical ruling, a unanimous high court said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit was wrong to let James King’s suit proceed on the grounds that it did.
Yet King’s lawyers with the Institute for Justice are casting the apparent loss as a win.
“Although today’s decision appears at first glance to deal a ...
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