Qualified Immunity
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Take Names, Ask Questions…Never? Reviewing the Fifth Circuit’s Troubling Decision in Villarreal v. City of Laredo
By Michael VerMeulen In a legal battle between qualified immunity and freedom of the press, which one will come… Read More
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Constitutional Cussing
By: Joseph C. Johnson On May 5, 2019, Dillon Webb was pulled over by a sheriff’s deputy in Columbia County,… Read More
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Weekly Roundup: 3/18-3/22
By Matthew Hooker Spencer v. Virginia State Univ. In this civil case, the Fourth Circuit affirmed a grant of summary… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Limits Qualified Immunity in Sexually Intrusive Searches
By: Hailey Cleek & Mike Garrigan In 2014, David E. Abbott, a detective with the Manassas City Police Department in… Read More
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Weekly Roundup – 10/14-10/21
American Humanist Association v. Maryland-National Capital Park In this First Amendment case, the Fourth Circuit reversed the District Court’s ruling… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Reaffirms Principle That A Police Chief With Reasonable Belief That Detectives Are Acting Within Scope of Employment Is Entitled To Qualified Immunity from First Amendment Retaliation Claims
By M. Allie Clayton On February 15, 2017, in the civil case of Crouse v. Town of Moncks Corner, the… Read More
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Qualified Immunity Defense Shocks Plaintiff Who Alleges Use of Excessive Force
By Taylor Anderson On January 11, 2016, the Fourth Circuit issued its published opinion regarding the civil case Estate of… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Affirms Denial of Correction Officers’ Motion for Summary Judgment in Excessive Force Case
By Whitney Pakalka On May 19, 2015, The Fourth Circuit issued a published opinion in the civil case of Ussery… Read More
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Exonerated Man’s Suit Can Proceed Against Officers and Department
By Andrew Kilpinen In a split decision featuring three separate opinions, the 4th Circuit affirmed in part and vacated in… Read More