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Walker v. City of Calhoun, Georgia

Petition for certiorari denied on April 1, 2019

Docket No. Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
18-814 N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2018

Issue: (1) Whether heightened scrutiny under the 14th Amendment applies to a government policy that keeps misdemeanor and traffic-offense arrestees in jail pretrial solely because they are poor; and (2) whether the government can keep misdemeanor and traffic-offense arrestees in jail for up to 48 hours after arrest solely because they are poor when it has offered no reason for doing so.

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