Court Rules Felony Tort 
JURIST
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Michigan college student is unable to proceed with a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) lawsuit against two federal officers who tackled him after mistaking him for a fugitive in 2014. ” The case now returns to the Sixth Circuit for further consideration on this issue.
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 13, 2022
United States , the 1950 Supreme Court case holding that the United States is not liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries sustained by members of the armed forces while on active duty and resulting from the negligence of others in the armed forces. United States. 28 and Oct. 7 conferences). Khorrami v. Arizona , 21-1553.
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JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 21, 2021
The court ruled that Georgia’s prior citizen’s arrest law is only applicable if a person sees a felony committed and acts without delay. The ruling could be “outcome determinative” in the case by stripping away the core defense that these men were chasing a person suspected of a series of crimes over the last year.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 16, 2021
to prevent the commission of a forcible felony; ?or. However, this is now a defamation action which could present significant challenges based on the elements for the tort. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press.
SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 25, 2025
Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. In 1974, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution generally permits states to strip people convicted of felonies of their right to vote. Felony disenfranchisement has a long, and often racist, history.
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
The ACCA extends the minimum sentence – from 10 years to 15 – for an individual who had been convicted of a felony and possesses a firearm when that person has at least three “serious drug offenses.” United States and Jackson v. United States , involving the Armed Career Criminal Act. Tori Madden) In Wilkinson v.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
OCTOBER 7, 2019
The federal district court for the District of South Dakota temporarily enjoined enforcement of provisions of a riot boosting statute enacted in South Dakota in 2019 in response to anticipated protests of the Keystone XL pipeline. The court also declined to “create a new tort named abusive litigation.” National Review, Inc. ,
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