On January 13, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States granted a writ of certiorari in two cases, United States ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc., 9 F.4th 455 (7th Cir. 2021) and United States ex ...

The United States Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in a pair of cases out of the Seventh Circuit that will finally resolve a longstanding circuit split on the question of “scienter” under the ...

The Case v. Montana decision replaces the Fourth Amendment’s “probable cause” requirement with “objective reasonableness” when officers believe someone is in danger.

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that police do not need probable cause to execute a warantless search of a home when there is an "objectively reasonable basis" to suspect that someone need's ...

A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling on when police may enter a home without a warrant, holding that officers can go inside if they have an “objectively reason ...

In 1989 the Supreme Court provided law enforcement with a holding in Graham v Connor (Graham), that changed the manner in which courts evaluated use of force claims, changing from a subjective due ...

This, Police Chief William McManus told the Editorial Board recently, is why many residents cringe after a police shooting of unarmed suspects. A shooting might involve objective reasonableness — that ...