Remove Cause of Action Remove Construction Remove Punitive Damages
article thumbnail

Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

JonathanTurley

This has long been a controversial element under the FCA because it was largely the result of judicial not congressional construction. compensatory damages and $300,000.00 punitive damages. 47 U.S.C. § We discussed this issue in relation to the Sixth Circuit’s arguments in Jones v. Dirty World Entertainment.

Tort 45
article thumbnail

December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Army Corps of Engineer permits for construction of a portion of a proposed methanol refinery and export terminal in Washington (the Kalama Project). The plaintiffs asserted a violation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and requested that the court award them compensatory and punitive damages. 2:20-cv-05627 (E.D.

Court 57
article thumbnail

November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The Tenth Circuit ordered the injunction to remain in place pending consideration of the environmental groups’ appeal of a district court order that declined to vacate mining lease modifications that authorized road construction in the Sunset Roadless Area. County of Maui v. Sierra Club v. The plaintiffs plan to appeal.