Tag:section 1983

A divided Supreme Court found an independent investigation by law firm Reed Smith and the attorney general’s discovery that the prosecutor knowingly elicited false testimony and failed to correct it was enough to overturn the conviction and death sentence of Richard Glossip for directing the 1997 murder of Barry Van Treese by Justin Sneed.

The high court ruled that for Section 1983 claims challenging delays in the administrative process, state courts can’t deny those claims on failure-to-exhaust grounds.

The U.S. Supreme Court determined the due process clause doesn’t require preliminary hearings for the temporary retention of property.

The 10th Circuit affirmed a district court’s ruling in a case concerning a reverse race discrimination case.