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Bivens Vs. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 21, 1971

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  13. Bivens v. Six
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  14. Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents - 403 U.S. 388 (1971) U.S. Supreme Court Bivens v. Six
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  15. Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971) Bivens v. Six
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  16. In Bell v. Hood
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  17. a far greater capacity for harm than an individual trespasser exercising no authority other than his own. Cf. Amos v. United
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  18. Bemis Bros. Bag Co. v. United
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  19. proscribes only such conduct as would, if engaged in by private persons, be condemned by state law. Thus, in Gambino v. United
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  20. as having been based upon evidence obtained through an unconstitutional search and seizure. Similarly, in Byars v. United
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  21. that the Fourth Amendment is not tied to the Page 403 U. S. 394 niceties of local trespass laws. Katz v. United
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  22. Berger v. New
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  23. Silverman v. United
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  24. But one who demands admission under a claim of federal authority stands in a far different position. Cf. Amos v. United
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  25. and a claim of authority to enter is likely to unlock the door as well. See Weeks v. United
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  26. Amos v. United
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  27. United States v. Lee
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  28. the Federal Government. For just as state law may not authorize federal agents to violate the Fourth Amendment, Byars v. United
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  29. Weeks v. United
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  30. but an independent claim both necessary and sufficient to make out the plaintiff's cause of action. Cf. Boilermakers v. Hardeman
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  31. damages have been regarded as the ordinary remedy for an invasion of personal interests in liberty. See Nixon v. Condon
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  32. Page 403 U. S. 396 Nixon v. Herndon
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  33. Constitutional Legality and the Law of Torts in Bell v. Hood
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  34. West v. Cabell
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  35. Lammun v. Feusier
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  36. right to sue for such invasion, federal courts may use any available remedy to make good the wrong done. Bell v. Hood
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  37. as in United States v. Standard
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  38. United States v. Gilman
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  39. S. 397 prohibition, but merely said to be in excess of the authority delegated to him by the Congress. Wheeldin v. Wheeler
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  40. his injury through a particular remedial mechanism normally available in the federal courts. Cf. J. I. Case Co. v. Borak
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  41. Jacobs v. United
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  42. is the case, the presence or absence of probable cause is irrelevant to the legality of the arrest. See McLoughlin v. New
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  43. Fourth Amendment claims despite facts demonstrating that federal agents were acting in violation of local law. McGuire v. United
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  44. Hester v. United
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  45. Burdeau v. McDowell
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  46. Fourth Amendment confines an officer executing a search warrant strictly within the bounds set by the warrant, Marron v. United
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  47. Stanley v. Georgia
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  48. State v. Koonce
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  49. F. Supp 12 (EDNY 1967). On appeal, the Court of Appeals concluded, on the basis of this Court's decision in Bell v. Hood
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  50. relief if a proper showing can be made in terms of the ordinary principles governing equitable remedies. See Bell v. Hood
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