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SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. People held in state prison can turn to federal court to challenge the validity of their conviction or sentence. Shockley then went to federal court, asking a federal district judge in Missouri to order a new trial.
Constitutional Law Reporter
JUNE 17, 2022
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.”. Supreme Court’s Decision. . _ (2022), the U.S. In Bivens v.
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Starting in 2017, cities, counties, and states across the United States have filed claims (see here and here ) in state courts against fossil fuel companies seeking redress for the climate harms their products have caused. Many of these cases asserted nuisance and other tort law claims. The Hawai‘i Circuit Court’s decision.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
MAY 23, 2018
Climate change nuisance litigation is entering a new and dynamic phase. Alsup in the federal district court in San Francisco will hear oral argument on motions to dismiss filed in City of Oakland v. Keenan of the Southern District of New York will hear oral argument on the motions to dismiss filed in City of New York v.
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
For torts scholars, it has been a bonanza of interesting issues touching on every element of defamation law. There is now an important ruling out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit that could have enormous implications not just for the media but anyone who retweets stories or claims.
The Volokh Conspiracy
JUNE 26, 2025
Blackburn ("Blackburn"), the signatory of the motion and briefs… While reviewing Blackburn's briefs, the Court became aware of the fact that they contain wholly fabricated quotations from caselaw—including fabricated quotations from the Court's own prior opinion. From today's decision by Judge William Stickman IV (W.D.
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Despite this history, a new decision out of the High Court is still shocking in its implications for further attacks on free speech. The court ruled that newspapers and television stations that post articles on social media sites like Facebook are liable for other third party comments on those posts.
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