Egbert v. Boule

Decided June 8, 2022. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 21-147 · 596 U.S. 482 (2022) · Cited 977 times

Holding

The authority of a court to imply a cause of action under Bivens v. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents, 403 U. S. 388, does not extend to either Boule’s Fourth Amendment excessive-force claim or his First Amendment retaliation claim.

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How the Justices voted

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Ziglar v. Abbasi · 582 U.S. 120 (2017)
• Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · 403 U.S. 388 (1971)
• Bush v. Lucas · 462 U.S. 367 (1983)
• Correctional Services Corp. v. Malesko · 534 U.S. 61 (2001)
• Wilkie v. Robbins · 551 U.S. 537 (2007)
• Schweiker v. Chilicky · 487 U.S. 412 (1988)
• Davis v. Passman · 442 U.S. 228 (1979)
• Carlson v. Green · 446 U.S. 14 (1980)
• United States v. Stanley · 483 U.S. 669 (1987)
• Federal Deposit Insurance v. Meyer · 510 U.S. 471 (1994)
• Hui v. Castaneda · 559 U.S. 799 (2010)
• Chappell v. Wallace · 462 U.S. 296 (1983)
• Anderson v. Creighton · 483 U.S. 635 (1987)
• Reichle v. Howards · 566 U.S. 658 (2012)
• Alexander v. Sandoval · 532 U.S. 275 (2001)
• Wood v. Moss · 572 U.S. 744 (2014)
• Minneci v. Pollard · 565 U.S. 118 (2012)
• Mitchell v. Forsyth · 472 U.S. 511 (1985)
• Tolan v. Cotton · 572 U.S. 650 (2014)
• Crawford-El v. Britton · 523 U.S. 574 (1998)
• Ashcroft v. al-Kidd · 563 U.S. 731 (2011)
• Hartman v. Moore · 547 U.S. 250 (2006)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Yee v. City of Escondido · 503 U.S. 519 (1992)
• Haig v. Agee · 453 U.S. 280 (1981)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Goldey v. Fields · 606 U.S. 942 (2025)
• DeVillier v. Texas · 601 U.S. 285 (2024)
• SEC v. Jarkesy · 603 U.S. 109 (2024)

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