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A case in which the Court found that police using a "stop and frisk" procedure are within their constitutional bounds as officers of th...

Plaintiff was arrested for using his cell phone camera to film police officers arresting a man on the Boston Common.

There is no procedural due process claim when a local government does not actively enforce a restraining order to protect its holder.

Case opinion for WA Supreme Court CITY OF LAKEWOOD v. ROBERT WILLIS. Read the Court's full decision on FindLaw.

In Cohen v. California (1971) established that criminalizing the display of profane words in public places — in this case on a jacket —...

The law, passed in 1996, made it a crime, punishable by up to two years in jail and/or a $250,000 fine, for anyone to engage in online ...

Branzburg v. Hayes (1972) ruled that the First Amendment did not create a constitutional privilege protecting reporters from having to ...

United States v. Minker, 350 U.S. 179 (1956)

The original text of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.

When the police detain someone because that person refused to identify himself, does it constitute a seizure subject to the restriction...

Plaintiff filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against three officers and the City of Fort Worth, alleging violations of his First and Fourt...

It is unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment to conduct a search and seizure without a warrant anywhere that a person has a reason...

Smith vs. Cummings, No. 05-3180 (10th Cir. 2006) case opinion from the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit