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Mopping up final business with 14 new relists

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20-219 , asks whether the compensatory damages available under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the statutes that incorporate its remedies, such as the Rehabilitation Act and the Affordable Care Act , include compensation for emotional distress. Then there is a case on the court’s original docket , Mississippi v. Cummings v.

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Abortion Rights Took Center Stage During Busy Week for Supreme Court

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However, in defending its controversial abortion law, the State of Mississippi has asked the Court to overturn its prior decisions in Roe v. The case will decide whether damages for emotional distress are available in anti-discrimination cases. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.:

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Abortion Rights Took Center Stage During Busy Week for Supreme Court

Constitutional Law Reporter

However, in defending its controversial abortion law, the State of Mississippi has asked the Court to overturn its prior decisions in Roe v. The case will decide whether damages for emotional distress are available in anti-discrimination cases. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.:

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Justices add one religious-rights case to docket but turn down another

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She sought compensatory damages for “humiliation, frustration, and emotional distress.” At issue in the case is whether federal disability laws allow Cummings to recover damages for emotional distress. Mississippi v. Disclosure : Goldstein & Russell, P.C.,