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Ashcroft v. Mattis, 431 U.S. 171 (1977)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Ashcroft v. Mattis, 431 U.S. 171 (1977)
Ashcroft v. Mattis No. 76-1179 Decided May 16, 1977 431 U.S. 171
ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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Once the District Court had decided that the defendant police officers were not liable in appellee’s suit against them for shooting and killing his son in an attempted escape from arrest, the suit no longer presented a live "case or controversy" entitling appellee to a declaratory judgment as to the constitutionality of Missouri statutes permitting police to use deadly force in apprehending a felon, and hence this Court is unable to consider the merits of the Court of Appeals’ holding that such statutes were unconstitutional. Any emotional satisfaction that appellee would obtain from a ruling that his son’s death was wrongful is not enough to meet the case or controversy requirement.
547 F.2d 1007, vacated and remanded.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Ashcroft v. Mattis, 431 U.S. 171 (1977) in 431 U.S. 171 Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ZLW4YQ7DWDGICMZ.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Ashcroft v. Mattis, 431 U.S. 171 (1977), in 431 U.S. 171, Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ZLW4YQ7DWDGICMZ.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Ashcroft v. Mattis, 431 U.S. 171 (1977). cited in 1977, 431 U.S. 171. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ZLW4YQ7DWDGICMZ.
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