The Mortality of Immunity
Are North Carolina Courts Chipping Away at Public Official Immunity? For years, police officers and other public officials in North… Read More
Municipalities & Public Entities
U.S. Supreme Court Holds that a Violation of an Individual’s Miranda Rights Does Not Provide a Basis for a § 1983 Claim.
In a recent opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in which… Read More
Public Entity Immunity Fact Sheet
Updated February of 2022 The resource below outlines various aspects of public entity immunity including statutes of limitations, damage recovery… Read More
The Danger of Open Meetings Violations
Compliance with the Open Meetings Law is an ongoing, ever-present obligation for all North Carolina public boards. The advent of Governor… Read More
United States Supreme Court Sharpens the Contours of the Automatic Stay
The City of Chicago found itself at the Supreme Court of the United States. The City had refused to accede to… Read More
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Prison Officials Are Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity After Housing Inmate in Unconstitutional Conditions and were Deliberately Indifferent to the Inmate’s Health and Safety
In a recent opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granting correctional… Read More
Resuming “In-Person” Board Meetings: Open Meetings Considerations
For approximately the last six months, public boards subject to the Open Meetings Law (“public boards”) have been meeting solely… Read More
4th Circuit Holds Police Are Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity After Shooting a Secured, Incapacitated Suspect; Supreme Court Refuses to Reexamine the Doctrine in Unrelated Matters
In a recently published opinion, the Fourth Circuit held that even if the City could not be liable under a Monell theory,… Read More
Remote Public Meetings: COVID-19’s Impact on Public Meetings
*This provides updated information about remote public meetings. For more information, visit our previous blog post about public meeting compliance. As… Read More
Cranfill Sumner Launches COVID-19 Response Team
Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP (Cranfill Sumner) announced the creation of its COVID-19 Response Team. The team is comprised of… Read More
