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June 27, 2005
Police Not Liable for Domestic Abuse No-Contact Order Enforcement Failures
The Supreme Court ruled today that police cannot be sued for decisions they make in enforcing domestic abuse no-contact orders. This decision ends a lawsuit by a Colorado woman who claimed police did not do enough to prevent her estranged husband from killing her three young daughters. The mother alleged that police did not do enough to stop her husband who took their three daughters from the front yard of her home in June 1999 in violation of a restraining order. Later that day, the husband died in a gun fight with officers outside a police station. The bodies of the three children were in his truck. The mother argued she was entitled to sue based on her rights under the 14th Amendment and under Colorado law that says officers shall use every reasonable means to enforce a restraining order. The case is Castle Rock, Colo., v. Gonzales, 04-278, available here.
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June 27, 2005
Police Not Liable for Domestic Abuse No-Contact Order Enforcement Failures
The Supreme Court ruled today that police cannot be sued for decisions they make in enforcing domestic abuse no-contact orders. This decision ends a lawsuit by a Colorado woman who claimed police did not do enough to prevent her estranged husband from killing her three young daughters. The mother alleged that police did not do enough to stop her husband who took their three daughters from the front yard of her home in June 1999 in violation of a restraining order. Later that day, the husband died in a gun fight with officers outside a police station. The bodies of the three children were in his truck. The mother argued she was entitled to sue based on her rights under the 14th Amendment and under Colorado law that says officers shall use every reasonable means to enforce a restraining order. The case is Castle Rock, Colo., v. Gonzales, 04-278, available here.
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