Court Court Rules Mississippi Tort 
The Volokh Conspiracy
JUNE 13, 2025
Yesterday, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of an innocent Atlanta family, represented by IJ, whose home was mistakenly raided by an FBI SWAT team. So when people exposed to Agent Orange sued Dow in state court, Dow was able to have the case removed to federal court under the federal-officer removal statute.
SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 8, 2021
This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider cases and statutes about suing various government entities, ranging from two counties to a state governor to the United States itself. The district court ruled that Ex parte Young applied because Congress’ approval of the compact made it binding federal law.
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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. Section 241 of Mississippis constitution is no exception.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Former President Donald Trump is suing CNN in a $475 million defamation lawsuit, according to a complaint filed in federal court in the Southern District of Florida on Monday. Sullivan, where the Supreme Court held that the first amendment requires breathing space for free speech in criticizing public officials. He prevailed at trial.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
In a split decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that young people and other plaintiffs asserting a claim against the federal government for infringement of a Fifth Amendment due process right to a “ climate system capable of sustaining human life” did not have Article III standing.
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