Despite losses in state and federal court, four Seattle officers who went to the Jan. 6 rally are asking the Supreme Court to ...

A New York State Supreme Court judge has granted a temporary restraining order preventing the NYPD from firing nearly three dozen police officers, according to the Police Benevolent Association (PBA).

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court sided Monday with police in two cases in which plaintiffs claimed officers used excessive force, overturning separate lower court rulings that had allowed the ...

By placing the defendant in serious medical jeopardy, the officers’ treatment of the defendant can only be described as ...

In two unsigned opinions Monday, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of police officers seeking qualified immunity from allegations of excessive force. The rulings – and the fact that no justice ...

When the Supreme Court created qualified immunity, in 1967, it was meant to shield officers from liability only if they were acting in “good faith” when they violated the Constitution.

WASHINGTON — Amid nationwide protests over police killings, the Supreme Court is facing pressure to reconsider the legal immunity that often shields officers from being sued for using excessive ...

One of the cases the Supreme Court declined to review involved a Georgia police officer who shot a 10-year-old boy in the leg during pursuit of an unarmed suspect.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied the appeal of a retired federal agent seeking to challenge sweeping legal immunity for police officers after he was injured during an arrest and later ...

A ruling by the Supreme Court in favor of the police officer would open the courthouse doors to more employment discrimination suits, but it was not clear how many.

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Wednesday that a female police officer in St. Louis may sue for employment discrimination based on her sex over a forced lateral transfer to another position ...