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 ...
In a much-awaited Seventh Circuit decision, the court joined four other circuits in endorsing the “objective reasonableness” defense under the federal False Claims Act (FCA). In a 2-1 panel decision, ...
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 ...
Smerconish examines two recent fatal shootings by federal agents and explains why prior conduct should not determine legal judgment. With CNN legal analyst Elliott Williams, he revisits the Supreme ...
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 ...
In determining "objective reasonableness" in police use of deadly force cases, Martin Schwartz looks at the Tenth Circuit's recent decision in' Estate of Taylor v. Salt Lake City,' which carefully ...
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