Millbrook v. United States

*Millbrook v. United States*
Millbrook v. United States
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 19, 2013; Decided March 27, 2013
Full case name	Millbrook v. United States
Docket no.	11-10362
Citations	569 U.S. 50 (more) 133 S. Ct. 1441; 185 L. Ed. 2d 531; 2013 U.S. LEXIS 2543; 81 U.S.L.W. 4223
Opinion announcement	Opinion announcement
Case history
Prior	Summary judgement for defendant, unreported No. 3:11-cv-00131 (M.D. Pa. February 16, 2012); affirmed, 477 F. App'x 4 (3d Cir. 2012); cert. granted, 567 U.S. 968 (2012).
Holding
	The Federal Tort Claims Act waives the sovereign immunity of the United States for certain intentional torts by law enforcement officers.
Court membership
	Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy; Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito; Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinion
Majority	Thomas, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
	Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. §§1346(b), 2671–2680)

Millbrook v. United States, 569 U.S. 50 (2013), is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that holds that the Federal Tort Claims Act waives the sovereign immunity of the United States for certain intentional torts committed by law enforcement officers.[1][2] The unanimous opinion, delivered by Justice Clarence Thomas, holds that law enforcement "employment" duties are not limited to searches, seizures of evidence, or arrests, and, as such, the petitioner can sue. As this case revolved around sovereign immunity waivers and not the merits, the Court did not decide upon the merits of the lawsuits.

References

Millbrook v. United States, 569 U.S. 50 (2013).
"Supreme Court Unanimously Sides With Inmate In Prison Guard Abuse Lawsuit". International Business Times. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.

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[1] Millbrook v. United States, 569 U.S. 50 (2013).

[2] "Supreme Court Unanimously Sides With Inmate In Prison Guard Abuse Lawsuit". International Business Times. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.