Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate 2005-03-21
gptkbp:citation 125 S. Ct. 2796
162 L. Ed. 2d 658
545 U.S. 748
Gonzales v. United States (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights)
gptkbp:date 2005-06-27
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant Town of Castle Rock, Colorado
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:David_Souter
gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
gptkbp:docketNumber 04-278
gptkbp:fullName Town of Castle Rock, Colorado v. Jessica Gonzales, individually and as next friend of her deceased minor children, Rebecca Gonzales, Katheryn Gonzales, and Leslie Gonzales
gptkbp:heldBy There is no constitutional right to police enforcement of a restraining order.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales
gptkbp:impact limited government liability for failure to enforce restraining orders
gptkbp:legalIssue gptkb:Due_Process_Clause_of_the_Fourteenth_Amendment
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkb:William_Rehnquist
gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Clarence_Thomas
gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Colorado
gptkbp:petitioner Town of Castle Rock, Colorado
gptkbp:plaintiff Jessica Gonzales
gptkbp:predecessor police discretion in law enforcement
gptkbp:relatedTo domestic violence
restraining orders
gptkbp:response Jessica Gonzales
gptkbp:result Reversed the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
gptkbp:subject gptkb:constitutional_law
civil rights
enforcement of restraining orders
gptkbp:website https://www.oyez.org/cases/2004/04-278
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:DeShaney_v._Winnebago_County
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7