Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon, 602 U.S. 556 (2024), is a United States Supreme Court case addressing whether the presence of probable cause for one criminal charge bars a Fourth Amendment “malicious-prosecution” claim (brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983) attacking a different charge in the same proceeding. In a 6–3 opinion by Justice Kagan, the Court held that probable cause for one charge does not categorically defeat a claim that another contemporaneous charge lacked probable cause and caused a seizure. The Court vacated the Sixth Circuit’s contrary rule and remanded for further proceedings, including consideration of causation.
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