In a list of orders released on Monday morning, the Supreme Court reversed a ruling by a federal appeals court, holding that ...

U.S. Supreme Court raises bar for excessive force claims, ruling officer protected by qualified immunity due to lack of ...

The court, in an unsigned opinion, shielded a Vermont police officer from a claim that he used excessive force on a protester ...

A Vermont police sergeant who used a wristlock to remove a protester from a 2015 sit-in is entitled to qualified immunity, ...

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are trying to negotiate a bipartisan bill to reform federal policing laws, and qualified immunity is a key sticking point. Qualified immunity protects government officials, ...

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a police officer who forcibly removed a protester conducting a sit-in on the Vermont ...

Police reform has been at the forefront of protests the past few weeks, following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The qualified immunity doctrine is getting a lot of attention. “Qualified ...

From Zorn v. Linton, decided today in an unsigned per curiam opinion: On the Governor's inauguration day in Vermont, ...

Qualified Immunity (QI) says that if a government official, including a police officer, violates your legal rights, the official cannot be sued civilly (for money) unless there has already been a ...

The plan was for Michael Wayne Jackson and his family to get Red Lobster Dec. 4, 2021 after the father finished his night shift doing road construction and got some rest. But Michael needed a haircut, ...