DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. WESBY

No. 15-1485.

138 S.Ct. 577 (2018)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Petitioners v. Theodore WESBY, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 22, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd S. Kim , Washington, DC, for Petitioners.

Robert A. Parker , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioners.

Nathaniel P. Garrett , San Francisco, CA, for Respondents.

Nathaniel P. Garrett , Jones Day, San Francisco, CA, Charlotte H. Taylor , Julia Fong Sheketoff , Jones Day, Gregory L. Lattimer , Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Karl A. Racine , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim , Solicitor General, Loren L. Alikhan , Deputy Solicitor General, Carl J. Schifferle , Assistant Attorney General, D.C. Office of the Attorney General, Washington, DC, for Petitioners.


This case involves a civil suit against the District of Columbia and five of its police officers, brought by 16 individuals who were arrested for holding a raucous, latenight party in a house they did not have permission to enter. The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit...

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