A federal judge in Washington dismissed a civil rights lawsuit filed by Yi Sun against the New York Police Department and state housing officials, denying a request for emergency relief and closing the case without prejudice.
Grand Rapids Police Officer Christopher Schurr contends he is shielded from liability for the fatal shooting of Patrick Lyoya because the suspect had wrested control of his Taser and was holding it like a firearm.
A federal complaint filed in Manhattan alleges the New York Police Department engaged in unconstitutional practices.
A federal appeals court ruled that a Walker County deputy sheriff is not shielded by state sovereign immunity from a § 1983 suit alleging he arrested a couple out of personal animus and outside the scope of his employment.
An appellate court reversed a lower court's dismissal of a racial discrimination lawsuit, ruling that a sergeant's comments about Black NFL players and a Black subordinate's physical size presented jury questions on whether the conduct constituted a hostile...
A Tenth Circuit panel upheld the dismissal of a filmmaker’s First Amendment retaliatory arrest claim, ruling that officers had arguable probable cause to arrest him for interfering with an active-shooter standoff.
BOSTON (LN) — The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Monday that the state’s sexual harassment statute permits victims to sue individual perpetrators directly, reversing the Appeals Court and reviving a counterclaim by a former Whitehead Institute f...
The Fifth Circuit remanded a civil rights lawsuit to the district court, allowing a plaintiff with a prior criminal conviction to pursue claims for purely prospective relief, following a Supreme Court ruling that the Heck bar does not apply in such circumst...
A federal judge in South Dakota rejected a hotel chain’s attempt to revisit a prior order finding that Native American plaintiffs had standing to sue for racial discrimination under a federal civil rights statute.
A federal judge in Nashville denied a preliminary injunction in a systemic foster-care lawsuit, ruling that the named plaintiffs failed to prove imminent irreparable harm despite evidence of past constitutional violations.
A federal magistrate judge in New Mexico denied a motion for default judgment as a sanction for spoliation, ruling that creating witness statements and coordinating testimony after a lawsuit was filed does not constitute the bad faith required for severe sa...
A federal judge in San Diego dismissed four of ten claims in a flight attendant’s employment discrimination lawsuit against United Airlines, but granted the plaintiff leave to amend his complaint to cure pleading deficiencies.
U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal granted summary judgment to two Harris County deputies in a civil rights lawsuit, ruling that body-worn camera footage showed the officers used only the force necessary to overcome the plaintiff’s active resistance while...
The Supreme Court will decide whether Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 provides a private right of action for employees of educational institutions alleging sex discrimination.
A G G Equipment Company agreed to pay $4.25 million to settle an EEOC lawsuit alleging it unlawfully fired dozens of workers for refusing a COVID-19 vaccine without considering religious or disability accommodations.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled that the Bureau of Indian Education unlawfully discriminated against three federal employees by denying their requests for religious accommodations to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
BOSTON (LN) — The Service Employees International Union filed a 14-page document in its lawsuit against named officials in federal court in Boston, though the disposition of the filing remains unknown.
Plaintiffs allege they were recruited as children to endure brutal conditions and forced labor at Shen Yun’s New York estate.
A $1.776 billion fund to redress claims of government weaponization was established by the Justice Department as part of a settlement in President Donald J. Trump v. Internal Revenue Service.
A federal judge in Indiana ruled that Indiana University did not act in bad faith when it failed to preserve a student’s anonymous sexual assault kit, email accounts, and building access logs, denying the student’s motion for sanctions.