A federal judge shielded a small-town Virginia police officer from civil-rights liability after she signed a felony arrest warrant outside her jurisdiction, while allowing two state-law malicious prosecution claims against the woman who filed the underlying...
A North Carolina municipality escaped liability under Section 1983 after the Fourth Circuit held that prior incidents of on-duty consensual sexual conduct by officers were too dissimilar to coercive assault to establish the deliberate indifference required...
A Ninth Circuit panel affirmed qualified immunity for a Seattle police officer who shot and killed a man fleeing with his baby, though a dissenting judge argued the suspect posed no immediate threat.
A federal judge ruled that Indiana's government-employee immunity law does not bar a wrongful death claim against a Fort Wayne police officer who allegedly shot and killed a domestic violence victim as she fled in a vehicle.
A New Jersey appellate panel reversed Willie Tanner's convictions for first-degree attempted murder and five counts of first-degree armed robbery, ruling that prosecutors violated Brady by withholding a psychologist's oral report that their critical trial...
A federal judge held that ambiguity in Anchor Glass's own attendance policy raises a jury question about whether the company used a paperwork dispute as cover to shed a disabled employee.
A federal judge denied prosecutors’ motion for judgment on the pleadings, allowing a First Amendment retaliation lawsuit to proceed after the Ninth Circuit ruled absolute immunity did not apply to three specific acts: communicating with the press, making...
A federal judge allowed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Little Rock School District to proceed on federal civil rights and state tort claims, dismissing an outrage claim and barring punitive damages on disability claims.
A First Department panel reinstated discrimination claims against a Manhattan cooperative and its managing agent, ruling that a black nurse practitioner’s complaint sufficiently alleged they were involved in her rejection in favor of a white male buyer.
A federal appeals court shielded three police officers from liability after they shot and killed a man who drove a van toward them during a burglary investigation.
A federal judge allowed an equal protection claim alleging racial profiling by a San Jose police officer to proceed, while dismissing municipal liability claims against the city.
A Washington Court of Appeals panel held that a health insurer’s blanket exclusion for obesity-related treatments may violate state nondiscrimination laws, allowing a class action to proceed.
A Washington appeals court held that Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington’s blanket exclusion of obesity treatments does not automatically shield the insurer from disability discrimination claims.
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division opened investigations into 36 Illinois school districts to determine if they are teaching sexual orientation and gender ideology content without notifying parents of their right to opt out.
A Topeka police captain who filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against the city now alleges it turned around and weaponized internal investigations against her in retaliation.
A federal judge refused to let body-camera footage end the case at the pleading stage, ruling it did not conclusively show the shooting was reasonable.
A Maine man with an incurable blood cancer sued his utility for refusing to waive the monthly charge to keep an analog meter, but his case failed when his treating physicians were excluded as untimely expert witnesses, leaving the record without...
A federal judge refused to reseal the identities of six DOGE agents who were given access to sensitive federal personnel systems, ruling that the government's new arguments were ones it could have — and should have — raised months earlier.
A Missouri property owner spent years allegedly demanding sex from female renters in exchange for housing benefits, federal authorities said.
A wheelchair user who says staff had to help her surmount the entrance stairs sued the restaurant under Title III of the ADA.