The Supreme Court today (July 31) reiterated that in the absence of criminality, a civil and criminal case cannot be allowed ...

Top Court pointed out that civil remedies do not preclude criminal prosecution if criminality is evident, while invoking Article 142 powers invoked for public interest ...

In cases involving parallel criminal and civil proceedings, the "offensive use doctrine" discussed in Denton usually is not in play because it is most often the defendant, not the plaintiff, who ...

Looking at American tort law as of 1871 (when Congress enacted the Ku Klux Klan Act, of which Section 1983 was a part), the court found that American courts and treatises were largely in agreement: A ...

Clark clarified the “favorable termination” rule in civil claims seeking damages for constitutional violations arising in the criminal-justice process. The rule requires the plaintiff to show ...

Yet when it comes to Trump’s first criminal proceeding, in the election conspiracy case set to start on March 4, camera access might be even more restricted than it was in the New York fraud case.

Back in the 1950s, a federal law gave six states, including Oregon, civil and criminal jurisdiction over tribal reservations. Tribal nations have long argued that the law undermines their sovereignty.