A judge denied qualified immunity for a detective in a civil lawsuit filed by Glynn Simmons, who was imprisoned 48 years for ...

Qualified immunity is a judge-made doctrine that routinely shields bad cops from facing civil lawsuits over their abusive and unconstitutional behavior. All too often, a federal judge will hear a case ...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — A federal judge in a federal civil rights wrongful death lawsuit has denied qualified immunity to a current and a former Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) officer ...

The U.S. ⚖️Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a number of cases involving a legal defense called qualified immunity that can be used to shield government officials from lawsuits including police ...

A Jackson County detective was denied qualified immunity in a lawsuit alleging he lied in an affidavit. Qualified immunity protects government officials from liability unless their conduct violates ...

In two unsigned opinions Monday, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of police officers seeking qualified immunity from allegations of excessive force. In both cases, the justices overturned lower court ...

Qualified immunity is a doctrine invented by the Supreme Court in 1982 which protects all government officials from liability when they violate a person’s rights, even intentionally. This prevents ...

Qualified immunity, established by the Supreme Court in 1967, effectively protects state and local officials, including police officers, from personal liability unless they are determined to have ...

The death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in May 2020 gave momentum to a cross-ideological effort to reform the legal defense known as "qualified immunity," which can protect cops ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Three qualified immunity cases are thoroughly analyzed in a particularly depressing AO episode, but first David and Sarah talk ...