City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan
| City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan | |
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| Argued March 23, 2015 Decided May 18, 2015 | |
| Full case name | City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan |
| Citations | 575 U.S. 600 (more) |
| Holding | |
| Police officers who entered the home of a mentally-ill woman and shot her were entitled to qualified immunity because there was no clearly established law requiring them to accommodate mental illness. | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Alito, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Sotomayor |
| Concur/dissent | Scalia, joined by Kagan |
| Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan, 575 U.S. 600 (2015), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that police officers who entered the home of a mentally-ill woman and shot her were entitled to qualified immunity because there was no clearly established law requiring them to accommodate mental illness.[1][2]