U.S. District Judge Nancy J. Rosenstengel denied motions to dismiss federal conspiracy claims in a lawsuit alleging that police officers from the City of Marion and Williamson County, Illinois, coordinated to conduct pretextual traffic stops against...
A federal judge dismissed a public-use Takings Clause claim in a dispute over the condemnation of a Tennessee property but allowed civil rights conspiracy and First Amendment retaliation claims to proceed against private defendants.
The Western District of Washington has denied the Department of Justice’s motion to alter or amend its judgment in a dispute over administrative subpoenas issued to Seattle Children’s Hospital for patient records related to gender-affirming care.
The Third Circuit reversed the dismissal of a mother’s damages claim against a Pennsylvania school district over its policy prohibiting staff from disclosing a student’s transgender status to parents without consent.
A fractured Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday that sovereign immunity does not bar a Garland County man's illegal-exaction challenge to the monthly "probation fees" imposed on him after two DWI convictions, while dismissing his parallel claim under the...
Peter Brake’s employment discrimination lawsuit against Liberty University will proceed on a narrowed set of claims after the court denied the university’s motion to reconsider its prior denial of summary judgment.
The Fourth Circuit vacated the dismissal of a pro se excessive force complaint against two Montgomery County police officers, holding that the district court erred by ignoring an officer identified in the body of the complaint and by dismissing a claim that...
The South Dakota Supreme Court reversed a circuit court’s denial of law enforcement officers’ request to redact their names from public criminal filings, holding that police officers qualify as “victims” under Marsy’s Law and are entitled to request...
A federal judge held that a Johns Creek, Georgia officer who repeatedly announced over a PA system that a family was "under arrest" and ordered them out of their home may have seized them under the Fourth Amendment — but that the law was not clearly enough...
A federal judge in the Western District of Washington held that Christian foster parents who received a restricted license after refusing to use a child's preferred pronouns stated plausible First Amendment claims against the state's foster-care licensing...
A Pittsburgh federal judge has ruled that Pittsburgh police lacked reasonable suspicion to stop and frisk a man doing laundry in his apartment building simply because he had a gun in his waistband.
The Montana Supreme Court held that high school students have constitutionally protected interests in extracurricular activities and that the Montana High School Association failed to provide a Colstrip basketball player with the minimum procedural due...
A federal judge in New Orleans dismissed a history teacher's First Amendment challenge to Louisiana's law requiring Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms, holding that the claims are not yet ripe for adjudication under the Fifth Circuit's...
A federal judge in Tacoma denied dismissal of free-speech and free-exercise claims brought by Christian foster parents who received a restricted license after refusing to use a child's preferred pronouns, holding that Washington's SOGIE-affirmation...
A published California Court of Appeal opinion holds that a trial court abuses its discretion when it denies misdemeanor diversion based solely on facts inherent in the charged offense without tying those facts to the statutory purposes of rehabilitation...
The Seventh Circuit upheld summary judgment against a former Indiana Department of Transportation employee who alleged her kidney-related disability, race, and complaints about her remote-work accommodation drove her termination — and in doing so reaffirmed...
A published Ninth Circuit ruling holds that parents of a student with disabilities cannot reset the IDEA's two-year statute of limitations by waiting for a clinical diagnosis when the record already shows they knew — or should have known — that the school...