{"id":858,"date":"2020-01-09T17:06:15","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T22:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/?page_id=858"},"modified":"2025-05-12T11:15:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T15:15:25","slug":"potts-v-baltimore-city-police-department","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/our-work\/reforming-criminal-justice\/potts-v-baltimore-city-police-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Potts v. Baltimore City Police Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Filings<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>4\/24\/20 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/04\/Potts-Opinion.pdf\">Opinion<\/a> issued by Maryland Court of Appeals holding the city and police department liable because the officers acted within the scope of their employment<\/li>\n<li>1\/17\/20 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/01\/Potts-Appellant-Reply.pdf\">Reply brief<\/a> filed by appellant Baltimore City Police Department<\/li>\n<li>12\/20\/19 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/01\/Potts-Md.-PJC-Brief-of-Amici-Curiae.pdf\" aria-label=\"Public Justice Center, ACLU of Maryland, the Youth, Education and Justice Clinic at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, and the Baltimore Action Legal Team amicus brief in support of appellee\">Amicus brief<\/a> filed by Public Justice Center; ACLU of Maryland; the Youth, Education and Justice Clinic at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law; and the Baltimore Action Legal Team in support of appellee<\/li>\n<li>12\/16\/19 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/01\/Potts-Md.-BGL-Amicus-Brief.pdf\" aria-label=\"victims of the Baltimore Police Department amicus brief in support of appellee\">Amicus brief<\/a> filed by victims of the Baltimore Police Department in support of appellee<\/li>\n<li>12\/16\/19 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/12\/Potts-MD-Ct-App-brief.pdf\">Response brief<\/a> filed by appellee Ivan Potts<\/li>\n<li>10\/28\/19 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/01\/Potts-Appellant-Brief.pdf\">Opening brief<\/a> filed by appellant Baltimore City Police Department<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>In the News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/2020\/04\/25\/us\/ap-us-baltimore-police-corruption.html\">4\/25\/20- Associated Press covers unanimous decision holding the Baltimore City Police Department liable for its officers&#8217; misconduct toward plaintiff-appellee Ivan Potts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/news\/crime\/bs-md-ci-cr-gttf-scope-of-employment-ruling-20200424-g4oe6ektz5aqpdkghte4ei4rw4-story.html\">4\/24\/20 &#8211; Baltimore Sun covers unanimous decision holding the Baltimore City Police Department liable for its officers&#8217; misconduct toward plaintiff-appellee Ivan Potts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/news\/crime\/bs-md-ci-cr-gttf-court-of-appeals-20200210-frbgdsgiqff2rnhvtr23zfb3n4-story.html\">2\/10\/20 &#8211; Baltimore Sun covers oral argument before the Maryland Court of Appeals<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/baltimore.cbslocal.com\/2020\/02\/10\/gun-trace-task-force-lawsuits-court-of-appeals-latest\/\">2\/10\/20 &#8211; WJZ CBS Baltimore covers oral argument before the Maryland Court of Appeals<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbaltv.com\/article\/attorney-baltimore-shouldnt-pay-settlements-gun-trace-task-force-case\/30859132\">2\/10\/20 &#8211; WBAL NBC covers oral argument before the Maryland Court of Appeals<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedailyrecord.com\/2020\/02\/10\/baltimore-gttf-court-of-appeals-2\/\">2\/10\/20 &#8211; The Daily Record covers oral argument before the Maryland Court of Appeals<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filings 4\/24\/20 &#8211; Opinion issued by Maryland Court of Appeals holding the city and police department liable because the officers acted within the scope of their employment 1\/17\/20 &#8211; Reply [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":0,"parent":303,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-858","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=858"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3168,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/858\/revisions\/3168"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}