The Seventh Circuit upheld a $4 million judgment against the city of Chicago for improperly prosecuting a man for murder and forcing him to spend three years in jail. A discrepancy between defendant’s recollection and his friends’ statements did not establish probable cause to hold him in custody.
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A police department in Ohio had probable cause to arrest a man who created a parody Facebook page of the department, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday, shutting down claims that his First Amendment rights were violated.
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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether the belief alone that a person has committed a misdemeanor is enough basis for police to enter a home without a warrant.
Read moreSACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Over two years after a Northern California man shot multiple school children and killed his wife
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The attorney for one of three fired Minneapolis police officers accused of aiding and abetting George Floyd’s killing asked a judge to dismiss the charges Wednesday, arguing prosecutors had no basis to bring the case.
Read morePolice officers who smelled marijuana smoke coming from within a house and subsequently saw a smoldering marijuana cigarette lying in a trash can in the house had probable cause to believe that a crime was being committed and a search warrant was appropriately authorized the search of the entire house for evidence of such a crime, the Fourth Circuit ruled.
Read moreAn investigation into disgraced former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens found “probable cause” his campaign broke the law by not reporting that it cooperated with a political action committee during his 2016 run to the governor’s mansion.
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A 911 call reporting four men in a car near the U.S.-Mexico border had littered did not give police grounds to arrest the driver on suspicion of smuggling undocumented immigrants, a federal judge ruled, granting the driver’s motion to suppress.
Read moreThe bizarre case of a Kansas sheriff’s department that mistook tomato plants and loose-leaf tea for evidence of a marijuana grow and accordingly launched a SWAT-style raid on an innocent suburban family will return to a lower court for a third crack at a judgment.
Read moreA federal court in Texas ruled that a group of bikers arrested in conjunction with a deadly shootout at a Waco Twin Peaks restaurant may proceed with part of their civil rights suit against law enforcement officials relating to arrest warrants obtained based on a “fill-in-the-name” affidavit that the bikers claim lacked probable cause.
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A Fourth Circuit ruling that backs the search of a man for child porn based solely on evidence that he clicked a single link in the dark reaches of the web is stirring outrage.
Read moreA festival goer who says his cheeky confrontation with police got him arrested later that day on trumped-up charges lost his case Tuesday at the Supreme Court.
Read moreAn anti-abortion protester detained for over two days after she allegedly made bomb threats outside a Michigan abortion clinic argued on Wednesday before the Sixth Circuit there was no probable cause for officers to arrest her.
Read moreA federal magistrate judge granted summary judgment to courtroom observers arrested for disorderly conduct, since taking pictures of trial participants as they left the courtroom did not constitute probable cause for arrest.
Read moreA divided Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that federal prosecutors can use a San Francisco man’s cellphone-location data to try him for the murder of his young sister’s pimp even though the data were illegally obtained.
Read moreA Minnesota judge found Thursday “probable cause” to advance charges against a Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Australian woman.
Read moreThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday held that the existence of probable cause for the arrest of a Florida gadfly at a City Council meeting does not bar his pursuit of a First Amendment retaliation claim against the body.
Read moreDid officers have probable cause to arrest and incarcerate two men for gang murders they didn’t commit? A federal judge heard arguments Tuesday on why he should toss a gang conspiracy case where the San Diego District Attorney’s Office botched a new legal theory over an obscure gang law.
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