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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. Border Patrol agent.

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Rep. Nunes Wins Major Victory In Defamation Case Against Ryan Lizza and Hearst

JonathanTurley

For torts scholars, it has been a bonanza of interesting issues touching on every element of defamation law. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. Restatement (Second) of Torts § 577A(3) (Am.

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A call for the wider study of Private International Law in Africa: A Review of Private International Law In Nigeria

Conflict of Laws

The result of the authors’ analyses of Nigerian appellate courts’ cases bordering on the jurisdiction of Nigerian courts in actions in personam arising from causes of action which accrue outside the territorial jurisdiction of the courts is particularly eye-opening.

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Border agents, the First Amendment, and the continued vitality of Bivens

SCOTUSBlog

Boule considers whether to “extend” the Bivens cause of action to First Amendment retaliation claims and Fourth Amendment claims arising from immigration enforcement near the U.S.-Canada The judicially created Bivens cause of action functions as the counterpart to 42 U.S.C. Six Unknown Named Agents. Canada border.

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Vaccine requirements, cancer claims, and circuit splits

SCOTUSBlog

Monsanto had argued that FIFRA labeling provisions preempted state tort causes of action for failure to warn. In its cert petition, Monsanto seeks to revisit that determination; it also presents an evidentiary question.