A federal appeals court reversed a jury verdict against a Philadelphia detective and cut a punitive-damages award by more than 95 percent, holding that probable cause shielded the detective from liability and that the remaining award against the arresting...
A Wisconsin federal judge granted summary judgment to an Oshkosh police sergeant who shot a suspect in the face during a nine-second parking-lot encounter, holding that qualified immunity applied even when accepting the plaintiff's version of events.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a legal alert reminding K-12 school districts of their legal obligation to stop, prevent, and remedy sexual misconduct in education programs and activities.
The Supreme Court vacated the Fourth Circuit’s ruling that state-law tort claims against military contractors are automatically preempted during wartime, holding that such claims proceed when the contractor violates military instructions.
Katy Kilgore’s employment discrimination lawsuit against the Rock Island County Forest Preserve, which operates the Niabi Zoo, will proceed to trial on claims that the employer failed to accommodate her disability and retaliated against her for requesting...
Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer denied Community High School District No. 155’s motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit alleging the district discriminated against and retaliated against a high school student with severe medical conditions.
A federal judge in the Eastern District of New York granted a motion to amend a jury verdict to resolve an inconsistency between disability discrimination findings under state and federal law, while significantly reducing excessive punitive damages in a...
A federal judge in Illinois has denied qualified immunity to three Colona police officers on claims that they used excessive force during an arrest, allowing a civil rights lawsuit to proceed to trial.
A federal judge has vacated a dismissal hearing and ordered briefing on whether to stay a tribal lawsuit accusing Kalshi and Robinhood of running an illegal sports-betting operation on Indian lands, pending a Ninth Circuit decision that could resolve the...
The Fifth Circuit reversed a preliminary injunction against Texas’s S.B. 10, a statute requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, holding that the law does not violate the Establishment or Free Exercise Clauses of the First...
A federal judge in Chicago ruled that a paraplegic man who toured a 279-unit apartment building and encountered nearly twenty accessibility barriers suffered a concrete injury sufficient to clear the post-TransUnion standing bar.
Judge Sara Darrow denied qualified immunity to three Colona, Illinois, police officers on a plaintiff’s excessive force claim, allowing a jury to decide whether they used unreasonable force when handcuffing a concealed carry permit holder who claimed he was...
District Judge Karen E. Schreier denied Retsel Corporation’s motion for reconsideration, rejecting arguments that Native American plaintiffs lacked standing to sue for discrimination at the Grand Gateway Hotel.
The Eleventh Circuit held that the Ex parte Young doctrine does not allow plaintiffs to sue state officials for specific performance of state contracts, even when the suit is framed as prospective relief under the Contracts Clause.
The Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction against Wisconsin’s 2023 statute requiring FDA premarket authorization before electronic nicotine delivery systems may be sold in the state.
Judge Patricia A. Gaughan denied summary judgment to Summit County Sheriff Kandy Fatheree in a First Amendment retaliation suit brought by Stacy Clark, a retired deputy turned special deputy.
The Tenth Circuit reversed summary judgment for Oklahoma prison officials on an Eighth Amendment claim regarding unsanitary toilet conditions, while affirming summary judgment on a separate claim about inadequate nutrition.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part a district court ruling in a dispute between the Comanche Nation and the Fort Sill Apache Tribe over the operation of the Warm Springs Casino.
The Ninth Circuit has denied petitions for panel and en banc rehearing in a dispute between the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation and the U.S. Department of the Interior over the validity of a land exchange involving ceded tribal lands.
The District Court for the District of Columbia has granted summary judgment to the Washington Area Bicyclist Association, holding that the National Park Service and Federal Highway Administration acted arbitrarily and capriciously in deciding to remove...