Case Categories: Retaliatory Arrests and Prosecution

• Feldman v. United States (1944)

  In a 1944 case involving self-incrimination, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black focused on the connection between the First Amendment and other provisions in the...

• Hartman v. Moore (2006)

  Hartman v. Moore (2006) said that those who allege their First Amendment rights are being retaliated against must prove there is no probable cause for the...

• Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, Florida (2018)

  Lozman v. Riviera Beach, Florida (2018) dealt with retaliatory arrests for First Amendment-protected speech after a man was arrested during a city council...

• Nieves v. Bartlett (2019)

  The Supreme Court in 2019 ruled that most claims of arrest in retaliation for speech protected by the First Amendment would fail if there was probable cause for...

• Reichle v. Howards (2012)

  In Reichle v. Howards (2012), the Court said there was not a First Amendment right to be free from a retaliatory arrest that is supported by probable cause...

• Wayte v. United States (1985)

  In Wayte v. United States (1985), the Supreme Court upheld the prosecution methods for not registering for the draft against a due process and First Amendment...