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US Supreme Court: Agents immune from retaliatory arrest suit (access required)

POSTED: Friday, June 8th, 2012 at 9:01 am

BY: SYLVIA HSIEH, Dolan Media Newswires

Secret Service agents are protected by qualified immunity from being sued for retaliatory arrest where it was not clearly established that an arrest supported by probable cause could violate the First Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.

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