An officer was not entitled to qualified immunity because the Fourth Amendment right at issue was clearly established at the time the constitutional violation occurred, the 4th Circuit ruled.

Though a state court dismissed the unlawful arrest and excessive force claims by two protesters, those claims shouldn't be ...

Sergeant Jacob Zorn did not violate a protester's "clearly established" Fourth Amendment rights when he put her in a painful "rear wristlock" to remove her from a sit-in at Vermont's state capitol ...

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a police officer who forcibly removed a protester conducting a sit-in on the Vermont House floor a decade ago is entitled to qualified immunity. The ruling was ...

BOTTOM LINE: Where a man alleged his arrest by two officers left him unable to breathe and with a broken arm, although he posed no threat to anyone, he plausibly alleged an excessive force claim. CASE ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a Michigan police officer’s attempt to evade an excessive force claim ...

A recent New York court case upheld a murder conviction despite claims that DNA evidence used violated the defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights. The case highlights ongoing legal questions about ...