Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon, Ohio
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 20, 2024 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- June 20, 2024
- Term
- October Term 2023
- Vote
- 6–3
- Majority author
- Justice Kagan
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2023 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus CHIAVERINI ET AL. v. CITY OF NAPOLEON, OHIO, ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT No. 23–50. Argued April 15, 2024—Decided June 20, 2024 This case involves a dispute between petitioner Jascha Chiaverini and police officers from Napoleon, Ohio. The officers charged Chiaverini, a jewelry store owner, with three crimes: receiving stolen property, a misdemeanor; dealing in precious metals without a license, also a mis- demeanor; and money laundering, a felony. After obtaining a warrant, the police arrested Chiaverini and detained him for three days. But county prosecutors later dropped the case. Chiaverini, believing that his arrest and detention were unjustified, then sued the officers, alleg- ing what is known as a Fourth Amendment malicious-prosecution claim under 42 U. S. C. §1983 . To prevail on this claim, he had to show that the officers brought criminal charges against him without…
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