JURIST
APRIL 28, 2022
This decision clarifies what damages are available to individuals who sue under federal anti-discrimination statutes. To be eligible for these reimbursements, providers must comply with federal anti-discrimination laws. Plaintiff Jane Cummings is legally blind and was born deaf.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 28, 2022
The Supreme Court has previously held that private plaintiffs may secure a particular judicial remedy for the violation of spending clause statutes only if the defendant that received federal funds is on notice that it exposes itself to that remedy by accepting the funds. In Thursday’s ruling in Cummings v.
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SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 8, 2023
Jackson explained that two well-established principles prompted the court to reject HHC’s invitation to reimagine the statute and precedent. The sine qua non is incompatibility between Section 1983 enforcement and any enforcement scheme in the statute. That “boils down to what Congress intended, as divined from text and context.”
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 2, 2021
Though some justices seemed receptive to the availability of emotional distress damages, questions from the bench also suggested concern about the size of emotional distress awards and the absence of explicitly defined remedies in the statutes Cummings invoked. Cummings’ lawyer, Andrew Rozynski, and Colleen Sinzdak, arguing for the U.S.
Legal Writing Launch
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Citing Authorities Backing your arguments with citations from relevant statutes, case law, and legal texts strengthens your position. For instance, when writing for a judge, maintain formal language and focus on legal precedents and statutes. This includes referencing statutes and case law. Baxendale , 156 Eng.
Patently O
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
On appeal, however, the Federal Circuit has reversed–holding that the Eddings letter constituted a “commercial offer for sale of the claimed design” and therefore created a bar to patentability under the statute. Remember the contract foundational trio: Offer, Acceptance, Consideration.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
MAY 8, 2024
And that has implications for tort law, contract law, and property law, because it is less clear in many ways how basic legal principles such as negligence, foreseeability, force majeure, and reasonableness will apply to particular problems. John Kerry, then U.S.
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