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Unanimous Court Rules FTCA Bars Suit Against Federal Officers

Constitutional Law Reporter

S. _ (2021), the Supreme Court ruled that the Federal Tort Claims Act barred college student James King’s claims of police brutality. He also sued the officers individually under the implied cause of action recognized by Bivens. In Brownback v. King ,592 U. 2676 and precluded him from raising separate claims under Bivens v. .

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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. Petitioner Miguel Luna Perez was a student in the Sturgis, Michigan, public school district. In its cert petition, Monsanto seeks to revisit that determination; it also presents an evidentiary question.