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Solar Farm Cos. Eye More Cuts To Ga. Erosion Damage Award

Law 360

Two companies behind a solar farm have urged a Georgia federal judge to further slash a couple's once $135 million award for erosion runoff damage to their property caused by the neighboring farm, arguing the now $5 million figure still consists of inflated compensatory damages.

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US Supreme Court rules for student in campus free speech case

JURIST

Preczewski in favor of a former Georgia college student in a campus free speech case. In 2016, Chike Uzuegbunam, an Evangelical Christian, attempted to express and share his faith on the Georgia Gwinnett College Campus by standing near the campus library and passing out literature. The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Monday in Uzuegbunam v.

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CHICKEN!

NewmanFerraraLLP

Ultimately, Parker hopes to recover compensatory damages, restitution, punitive damages, legal fees, and costs, together with a judicial declaration as to the parties’ rights and responsibilities. ” ( Complaint , paragraph 1.) ” ( Complaint , paragraph 101.)

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Case preview: Justices to consider effect of change in government policy on cases seeking symbolic damages

SCOTUSBlog

Preczewski , a dispute over religious speech on the grounds of a Georgia college, but the court’s ruling could have implications well beyond academia. Moreover, the students add, these kinds of policies rarely cause the kind of harm for which students can recover compensatory damages. Background. The college’s arguments.

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SCOTUS Rules Students Have Standing to Bring Free Speech Suit

Constitutional Law Reporter

According to the Court, a request for nominal damages satisfies the redressability element necessary for Article III standing where a plaintiff’s claim is based on a completed violation of a legal right. This case asks whether an award of nominal damages by itself can redress a past injury. Facts of the Case. Supreme Court’s Decision.

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CNN Losses Another Motion in Defamation Case as Court Orders Tapper to Appear

JonathanTurley

Tapper’s counsel also attempted other “Hail Mary” motions seeking to delay any deposition until rulings on other cases dealing with punitive damages. CNN lost a critical motion in seeking to bar punitive damages. CNN has to travel from the state of Georgia.” CNN’s lead counsel Deanna K.

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Argument analysis: Justices weigh mootness after change in government policy in cases seeking nominal damages

SCOTUSBlog

The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Tuesday in the case of a Georgia student who was stopped from handing out religious literature and speaking about his faith on the campus of his public college. Alito pressed Pinson, asking whether an award of $10 in statutory damages would be large enough for the lawsuit to go forward.