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U.S. Supreme Court

May 20, 2015

Supreme Court sides with SF in knocking out claims by woman shot by police

A pair of San Francisco police officers on Monday received immunity from a divided U.S. Supreme Court on whether they violated a mentally ill woman's disability rights when they shot her multiple times.


By Saul Sugarman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A pair of San Francisco police officers on Monday received immunity from a divided
U.S. Supreme Court on whether they violated a mentally ill woman's disability rights
when they shot her multiple times.


The closely-watched appeal produced partial dissents from justices Elena Kegan and
Antonin Scalia, who criticize...

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