Every case always comes up again. This one comes from the Sixth Circuit, where a police officer discussed religion and baptized a woman following an arrest for marijuana possession. The district court denied summary judgment; the officer appealed. The Sixth Circuit lacked jurisdiction because the district court identified factual disputes and the officer did not conede the plaintiff's version of facts, although that concession might have been sufficient to create appellate jurisdiction.
The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws, whenever he receives an injury.