Wood v. Moss
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Wood v. Moss, 572 U.S. 744 (2014), was a United States Supreme Court case holding secret service officers who moved protesters away from the president were protected by qualified immunity.[2] Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the opinion for a unanimous court. The case arose out of a campaign stop President George W. Bush made during the 2004 presidential campaign. Prior to the campaign event, Bush dined at a restaurant near where a group of supporters and a group of protesters had gathered. Two secret service agents directed local police to move the protesters to protect the president. The protesters sued the agents in the U.S. District Court of the District of Oregon. The agents filed a motion to dismiss which was eventually granted based upon the Supreme Court's decision.
Wood v. Moss | |
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Argued March 26, 2014 Decided May 27, 2014 | |
Full case name | Tim Wood and Rob Savage, Petitioners v. Michael Moss, et al.[1] |
Docket no. | 13-115 |
Citations | 572 U.S. 744 (more) 134 S. Ct. 2056; 188 L. Ed. 2d 1039 |
Argument | Oral argument |
Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
Case history | |
Prior | Moss v. U.S. Secret Serv., 572 F.3d 962 (9th Cir. 2009); on remand, 750 F. Supp. 2d 1197 (D. Or. 2010); affirmed in part, 675 F.3d 1213 (9th Cir. 2012); rehearing en banc denied, 711 F.3d 941 (9th Cir. 2012); cert. granted, 571 U.S. 1067 (2013). |
Holding | |
Secret Service agents are entitled to qualified immunity from First Amendment claims after they removed protesters who had crossed their security perimeter from demonstrating against the President. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Ginsburg, joined by unanimous |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. I |