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Court rules against plaintiff seeking emotional distress damages for discrimination

SCOTUSBlog

The Supreme Court has previously held that private plaintiffs may secure a particular judicial remedy for the violation of spending clause statutes only if the defendant that received federal funds is on notice that it exposes itself to that remedy by accepting the funds. In Thursday’s ruling in Cummings v.

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Court endorses private Section 1983 enforcement of spending clause enactments

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Section 1983 provides a cause of action against any person acting under color of state law who deprives a person of “rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws” of the United States. The sine qua non is incompatibility between Section 1983 enforcement and any enforcement scheme in the statute.

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Second Issue of the Journal of Private International Law for 2024

Conflict of Laws

The article considers that the common law marriage might still serve a useful purpose in Australian private international law, and how it could better do so. Pitel, The statutory assertion of exclusive jurisdiction Statutes that create or codify causes of action sometimes contain jurisdiction provisions.

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