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Barnes v. Felix
605 U.S. 73 — scotus, 2025.
- Citation
- 605 U.S. 73
- Court
- scotus
- Date filed
- 2025-05-15
- Cited by
- At least 160 later opinions (as at 2026-08-30)
- Context
- Use of force
Why the citation count says “at least”. CourtListener holds two records for this case (clusters 10776852 and 10584846), both captioned Barnes v. Felix and both filed 2025-05-15, with the citing opinions split between them. The figure shown is the count on the record this site adjudicated; the other carried 1 as at 2026-08-30. They are not added together because the two sets may overlap.
Why this case matters. Rejected the moment-of-threat framing in favour of the totality of circumstances. Most recent.
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