Courthouse Steps Decision: District of Columbia v. Wesby

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On January 22th, the Supreme Court handed down a decision for District of Columbia v. Wesby. In this case, law enforcement officers responded to noise complaints of a party going on in a home where the owner was not present. The officers removed partiers from the premises though the partiers thought that their host, a renter, had attained permission for the party. The case seeks to answer two questions: First, whether officers have probable cause to arrest for unlawful entry under D.C. law despite a claim of good-faith entry? Second, whether the law was sufficiently clearly established to justify the denial of immunity to the officers?

Bryan Weir joins us to discuss the implications of the decision. 

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Bryan Weir, Associate, Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC. 

 

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