This article dicusses developments in excessive police force law, focusing on the Supreme Court’s 2025 decision in Barnes v.

In excessive force cases, the Supreme Court has consistently ruled in favor of the officer on the basis of qualified immunity. See Kisela v. Hughes, 138 S.Ct. 1148 (2018) ...

The Supreme Court last month remanded a lower court's ruling that police officers who used excessive force on a 27-year-old man who died in their custody were protected because they didn't know ...

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court overturned a lower court's ruling Monday in a case about whether St. Louis police used excessive force on a man who died after officers handcuffed him and put ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sent a claim of excessive force back to the lower courts for re-examination: The case involved the death of a prisoner held for 15 minutes in a face-down prone ...

The Supreme Court on Monday revived a lawsuit that alleges St. Louis police used excessive force in subduing a man who died while handcuffed and shackled in his cell. In an unsigned opinion, the ...

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court declined to hear two cases Monday challenging legal protections for law enforcement as Congress continues to wrestle with how to address excessive force complaints ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday revived a case of a woman in New Mexico who argued she should be able to bring a claim of excessive force against police officers who shot her, even if she was not ...

She pointed to the Supreme Court’s 2014 decision in Plumhoff v. Rickard, another excessive-force case where a driver was shot and killed after a five-minute car chase when the driver crashed into a ...

Supreme Court shields Border Patrol agent from excessive-force claim. In a 6-3 decision, the court’s conservative majority reinforced protections for government officials who are generally ...

The Supreme Court seemed poised on Wednesday to reject a legal theory that puts tight limits on lawsuits seeking to hold police officers accountable for using deadly force.