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Supreme Court Rejects Cause of Action Under Bivens Against Border Patrol Agent

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court held that the authority of a court to imply a cause of action under Bivens v. While the Court did not overrule Bivens , it did emphasize that recognizing a Bivens cause of action is “a disfavored judicial activity.”. In Egbert v. Boule , 596 U.S. _ (2022), the U.S. Border Patrol agent.

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Territorial Jurisdiction for Breach of Contract in Nigeria or whatever

Conflict of Laws

However, the defendant/appellant challenged the jurisdiction of the Kastina State High Court to hear the case on the basis that the contract in issue was concluded in Yobe State, where it claimed the cause of action arose, which it argued was outside the jurisdiction of Kastina State.

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IEA v. Brazil: When a court accepts the legally disruptive nature of climate change

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

On December 07, 2021, the Federal Regional Court of the Fourth Region (TRF4) – one of Brazil’s federal courts of appeal – decided what should be the competent jurisdiction to hear the case of IEA v. The decision may have gone unnoticed. IEA appealed the transfer decision to the federal appellate court (TRF4).

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Supreme Court Rules that SEC and Potentially Other Agencies Cannot Impose Civil Penalties in Administrative Proceedings

FDA Law Blog

That the claim rested on a federal statute and required the SEC to establish facts that do not match any cause of action known to the common law in 1791 was not dispositive. According to the Court, the remedy is considered the more important factor. The impact on FDA matters could be significant.

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Can you sue the police for Miranda violations? Court will wrestle with rules, rights, and remedies for wrongs.

SCOTUSBlog

Arizona is one of the most significant Supreme Court decisions in American criminal procedure. But, in addition to its in-trial effects, Miranda also operates pre-statement and out-of-court. Share Miranda v. And though Miranda is not constitutionalized, it is a constitutional rule.

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September 2024 Update: List of China’s Cases on Recognition of Foreign Judgments

Conflict of Laws

Each case has been reviewed and more details, such as the grounds, the case numbers, and causes of action, have been added. Zhou v Jing [2023] NSWSC 214 (Australia), [21] Yin v Wu [2023] VSCA 130 (Australia) [22] ). The Case List is made available for our readers to build reasonable expectations on REFJ in China.

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August 2023 Update: List of China’s Cases on Recognition of Foreign Judgments

Conflict of Laws

Each case has been reviewed and more details, such as the grounds, the case numbers, and causes of action, have been added. Case analyses have been aggregated under the country tags since 2022, so it is now easier to track down relevant cases, together with their information and analyses, in each country/region report.