Millbrook v. United States - Post-Argument SCOTUScast
SCOTUScast 3-5-13 featuring Andrew Spiropoulos
SCOTUScast 3-5-13 featuring Andrew Spiropoulos
On February 19, 2013, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Millbrook v. United States. The question in this case is whether a proviso in the Federal Tort Claims Act that permits suits against the federal government for assaults committed by law enforcement officers acting within the scope of their employment applies in a case where a federal prisoner was allegedly raped by prison guards.
To discuss the case we have Andrew Spiropoulos, a Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of State Constitutional Law and Government at Oklahoma City University School of Law.
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Robert S. Kerr, Sr. Professor of Constitutional Law, Oklahoma City University School of Law
From 2005-2006 Professor Spiropoulos was the Senior Counselor to the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, where his duties included serving as chief policy advisor and negotiator. Professor Spiropoulos clerked for Judge Danny Boggs of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and practiced law with the Chicago firm of Gardner, Carton & Douglas before joining the faculty. He has been a Heritage Foundation Salvatori Fellow and, from 2011 to 2023, was the Milton Friedman Fellow at the the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs. He was the reporter for the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic-Violence Protection Orders Act.
Professor Spiropoulos received his B.A. degree from Carleton College and his M.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Chicago (Phi Beta Kappa). He teaches Constitutional Law, Legislation & Regulation, State and Local Government, and Constitutional Theory.