Supreme Court Rules on Spider-Man and Excessive Force in JailsThe US Supreme Court has made it somewhat easier for a personbeing held in jail in pretrial...Richey, Warren
The Supreme Court last month remanded a lower court's ruling that police officers who used excessive force on a 27-year-old man who died in their custody were protected because they didn't know their actions were unconstitutional. And it's a decision that could have lasting effects, ...
The Ontario Court of Appeal subsequently ruled that police had the power to arrest Fleming, but ordered a new trial on the question of whether excessive force had been used. In the ruling today, the Supreme Court upholds the original trial judge’s decision, concluding Fleming’s arrest was n...
The court's decision to turn away Cohen's appeal leaves intact a lower court ruling that tossed out the lawsuit based on a 2022 Supreme Court decision that limited citizens' ability to seek monetary damages from federal officials over constitutional violations. Cohen served as one of Trump's cl...
The Supreme Court heard arguments in Egbert v. Boule on Wednesday, taking up the fundamental question of whether federal police officers may be sued for excessive force in violation of the fourth amendment and retaliating against an individual for complaining about an incident in violation of the ...
Frank Raymond Crudo, the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas affirmed the decisions of the lower courts, ruling against Crudo on all five arguments he presented. Crudo was pulled over for a… State v. Scheetz Date: January 12, 2024 Docket Number: 124054 Justia Opinion Summary: The ...
Washington —The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge targeting the availability of thewidely used abortion pillmifepristone, preserving access to the drug in its first major abortion-related ruling since thereversal of Roe v. Wade. ...
Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider the case in light of their ruling last November in another case also involving a claim arising from the U.S. Constitution's Eighth Amendment bar on cruel and unusual punishment. In that ruling, the justices let another Texas inmate p...
S. 309 (1915); and finally to actual redetermination in federal court of state court rulings on a wide variety of constitutional contentions, Brown v. Allen, 344 U. S. 443 (1953). No one would now suggest that this Court be imprisoned by every particular of habeas corpus as it ...
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appealssidedwith Vickers, ruling he is entitled to qualified immunity. Anotherlegal battleinvolved Shaniz West, an Idaho woman who sued after police fired tear-gas grenades into her house during a search for her ex-boyfriend, who they believed was inside. But...