Oregon corrections officials will have to defend claims that they violated prisoners’ Eighth Amendment rights by failing to protect them from exposure to Covid-19, a federal appeals court said.

Alexandra Weaver argued that she could not reasonably have been expected to know her actions were unconstitutional.

A judge denied a request by Youngstown to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Carrier Services Group, the last tenant at the city-owned 20 Federal Place that is seeking more than $500,000 in damages. Judge ...

A panel of U.S. Court of Appeals judges agreed with a lower court that Sedgwick County juvenile detention personnel couldn’t sidestep an excessive-force lawsuit filed against them after a teenager in ...

McKenzie, 58, was charged by the Portsmouth Police Department with sexual assault and simple assault of a minor at Gibbs ...

The proposals to overturn legislation overhauling higher education, eliminate property taxes and end qualified immunity will ...

Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in a new opinion issued Thursday that the Court should "reexamine" a ...

A lawsuit stemming from several disputes between an out-of-state property owner and the board chairman in the Town of Cedar Lake is now is now headed to the U.S. Court ...

The officers argued that they should receive qualified immunity in the federal lawsuit filed by Cedric "CJ" Lofton's brother.

A federal judge has denied an Iowa man's appeal, preventing him from suing investigators who arrested him for his mother's murder.

Qualified immunity was originally intended to protect endangered police making split-second decisions in, for example, high-speed chases or shootouts with armed suspects.

If qualified immunity were eliminated or severely restricted, it would likely have a chilling effect on law enforcement. The threat of a lawsuit over any misstep would mean police officers would ...