United States Supreme Court

In an action under 42 USC section 1983 alleging that police officers violated the plaintiffs’ Fourth Amendment rights by entering their home without a warrant, the judgment of the Ninth Circuit disagreeing with the district court’s conclusion that petitioners were entitled to qualified immunity is reversed, where reasonable police officers could have come to the conclusion that the Fourth Amendment permitted them to enter the plaintiffs' residence if there was an objectively reasonable basis for fearing that violence was imminent, and a reasonable officer could have come to such a conclusion based on the facts as found by the district court.

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• Decided 01/23/2012
• Published 01/23/2012

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