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SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
Share Less than two months after oral argument, in its first interstate groundwater case, the Supreme Court unanimously decided that Mississippi must rely on a doctrine known as equitable apportionment if it wants to sue Tennessee over the shared Middle Claiborne Aquifer. As expected, the court’s opinion in Mississippi v.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 31, 2023
In teaching torts, I begin my discussion of the intentional infliction of emotional distress by having students write in their notes “not everything is the infliction of emotional distress.” Keisel brought an array of tort claims that have now been correctly rejected by the courts. Here as elsewhere, context is key.
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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.
Conflict of Laws
MARCH 18, 2025
The original complaint asserted four claims under Missouri tort law: (1) public nuisance, (2) abnormally dangerous activity, (3) breach of duty by allowing the transmission of COVID, and (4) breach of duty by hoarding PPE. The District Courts Judgment The Chinese defendants decided not to appear and defend against Missouris claims.
SCOTUSBlog
MAY 3, 2021
Share The Supreme Court won’t weigh in on whether a West Point cadet who was sexually assaulted by a fellow classmate can sue the federal government. Lower courts struck down the law, and the state has asked the justices to take the case and reinstate it. The court will issue orders from that conference on Monday, May 17, at 9:30 a.m.
Day on Torts
JULY 26, 2022
In the context of countering plaintiffs’ assertion that the death was a homicide, defendant shared autopsy photographs of the son as well as some of his text messages, both of which were public records released by the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office. On appeal, this ruling was affirmed. Summary judgment was therefore affirmed.
SCOTUSBlog
JULY 1, 2021
Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. Because the court was running a little behind this year and just released its last opinions on Thursday, the court also held the mop-up conference on Thursday, and the order list will be released Friday morning at 9:30 a.m.
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