Legal Opinion
Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 27, 2005No. 04-278PublishedCited by 1,113 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scalia
We decide in this case whether an individual who has obtained a state-law restraining order has a constitutionally *751protected property interest in having the police enforce the restraining order when they have probable' cause to believe it has been violated.
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The horrible facts of this case are contained in the complaint that respondent Jessica Gonzales filed in Federal District Court. (Because the case comes to us on appeal from a dismissal of the complaint, we assume its allegations are true. See Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N. A., 534 U. S. 506, 508, n. 1 (2002).) Respondent alleges that…
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