There’s a new focus on the doctrine of qualified immunity. A federal judge in Jackson recently ruled that it violates the U.S ...

Scholars argue that qualified immunity could shield officers who confiscate guns from dangerous individuals from liability.

A judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi recently denied qualified immunity to a detective ...

Stearns found the officers did not violate Root’s Fourth Amendment rights against excessive use of force, and he said he ...

The officials sought to toss out the case, claiming they had qualified immunity. The doctrine shields public officials from lawsuits stemming from conduct on the job unless they violate clearly ...

Republican Tom McClintock won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing California on Wednesday. He defeated Democratic ...

A former Basalt police detective recently introduced a court pleading that argues he is eligible for immunity from a civil ...

FBI agents who allegedly placed three Muslim Americans on the No Fly List for declining to act as government informants have qualified immunity against the three men’s claims under the Religious ...

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(Screenshot via Courthouse News) (CN) — A police officer who arrested a photojournalist covering a protest in downtown Des Moines in reaction George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis is not entitled to ...

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said the 16 agents were protected by qualified immunity, despite their "improper behavior" and the three men's belief that Muslims in the United ...