In a case stemming from a protest over a decade ago, the Supreme Court delivered a decision this week about qualified immunity.
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in Zorn v. Linton that a Vermont state police sergeant is entitled to qualified immunity in a case brought by a protester following a dispute at the Vermont Capitol in 2015.
‘We reverse.’
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In an unsigned per curiam opinion, the majority reversed the decision of a lower court, which had sided against the police officer’s use of force in the case: “The Second Circuit held that Zorn was not entitled to qualified immunity.
“We reverse,” the SCOTUS opinion stated.
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