Martin v. United States
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 12, 2025 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- June 12, 2025
- Term
- October Term 2024
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Gorsuch
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 605 U. S. Part 2 Pages 395–421 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT June 12, 2025 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D. C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. OCTOBER TERM, 2024 395 Syllabus MARTIN, individually and as parent and next friend of G. W., a minor, et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the eleventh circuit No. 24–362. Argued April 29, 2025—Decided June 12, 2025 On October 18, 2017, the FBI raided the wrong house in suburban Atlanta. Offcers meant to execute search and arrest warrants at a suspected gang hideout at 3741 Landau Lane but instead stormed 3756 Denville Trace, a quiet family home occupied by petitioners Hilliard Toi Cliatt, his partner Curtrina Martin, and her 7-year-old son. A six-member SWAT team breached the front door, detonated a fash-bang grenade, and assaulted the innocent occupants before realizing their mistake. The cause of the error was Special Agent Guerra's reliance on a personal GPS device, combined with the team's failure to notice the street sign for “Denville Trace” and the house number…
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