City of St. Louis, Missouri v. Meier
Petition for certiorari denied on March 30, 2020
Issue: (1) Whether a municipality, whose officers issued a "wanted" report supported by probable cause to believe that an automobile was an instrumentality or evidence of a crime, resulting in the seizure of an automobile by officers of another jurisdiction, can be held liable for a violation of the Fourth and 14th Amendments, in an action by the vehicle"s owner under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for seizure of the automobile; and (2) whether the "rigorous standards" of causation and culpability governing municipal liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 permit such liability against a municipality to be predicated on the conduct of a non-governmental actor in retaining property seized by police, on the basis of the non-governmental actor"s own policy or custom of enforcing "wanted" bulletins from law enforcement agencies, without any other connection with the municipality against which the Section 1983 action is brought.
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- Petitions of the week (Andrew Hamm, February 6, 2020)
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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12/19/2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 22, 2020) |
01/06/2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 22, 2020 to February 21, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
01/07/2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 21, 2020. |
02/21/2020 | Brief of respondent Mary Meier in opposition filed. |
03/09/2020 | Reply of petitioners City of St. Louis, Missouri, et al. filed. |
03/11/2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2020. |
03/30/2020 | Petition DENIED. |