Criminal Law

Plaintiffs Who Interfered with Son's Arrest Were Reasonably Seized
Bradford v. Wiggins, No. 06-4287 (10th Cir. 2/20/08):Defendant deputies were entitled to qualified immunity in civil rights suit arising out of the defendants' alleged seizure of the plaintiffs when they interfered with the arrest of their son...

Dude, Don't Be Messin' With The Shoes And It Ain't Just China.
When growing up, I played basketball 2-7 hours a day, year round. That meant a lot of basketball shoes. The shoes were everything. The shoes told people how you thought of yourself and they influenced how others thought of you...

Convention is overrated...
Guy 1: Your shoes are so awesome. ? Guy 2: OMG, I love your shoes! ? Guy 3: I have to buy you a drink; those shoes are just too fabulous. And so on? My mother after hearing me recount the story a few days later: Why is it that I have NO problem picturing you in a gay bar, camping it up in ruby red slippers, and receiving drinks from homosexuals? When I think about it, you must have been so

Li Ning As China Law Metaphor
Is it the Shoes? Is it the Shoes? Is it the Shoes? ... it's gotta be the SHOES!" -- Mars Blackmon, from Spike Lee's 1986 film, "She's Gotta Have It" Adidas pays around $80 million to be a sponsor of the Olympics and Li Ning gets to carry in the torch, figuratively burning much of that $80 million...

Police Arrest Three Allegedly Planning Assassination of Sen. Barack Obama In Denver
Three men have been arrested in an alleged plot to kill Senator Barack Obama by shooting him from a high sniper position. Various guns and equipment were seized by the police in the arrest of Tharin Robert Gartrell, 28, Nathan Johnson, 32, and Shawn Robert Adolf, 33...

U.S. Supreme Court Screws America - Police Can Now Arrest Anyone On Illegal Or Bogus Charges, Search And Use Evidence Against Otherwise Innocent Americans
WASHINGTON, DC - The Supreme Court affirmed yesterday that police have the power to conduct searches and seize evidence, even when done during an arrest that turns out to have violated state law...

Criminal Procedure
Your rights when and after being arrested

Bail and Bail Bonds
How you get out of jail

PETCO
Animal Food Distribution Unsanitary, Food Seized

New York, NY and the NYPD
alleging false arrest for violating an unconstitutional anti-loitering law.

National Guard
Sangamon County agrees to $20,000 wrongful arrest settlement.

Wrongful Arrest
FBI to pay undisclosed settlement in Waddling Bandit lawsuit.

Catheterized Arrest
State of Washington pays $15,000 settlement after forcing a man to screen for intoxicants.

Excessive Arrest
City of Worcester agrees to pay pizza vendor $100,000 settlement after breaking nine bones in his face.