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Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Alien Tort Statute

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court clarified when plaintiffs can seek redress in U.S. courts for human rights abuses that occur overseas. By a vote of 8-1, the Court held that to plead facts sufficient to support a domestic application of the Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. Supreme Court’s Decision. The Supreme Court reversed.

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Supreme Court Limits Standing for Class-Action Suits Under FCRA

Constitutional Law Reporter

By a vote of 5-4, the justices held that only a plaintiff concretely harmed by a defendant’s violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) has Article III standing to seek damages against that private defendant in federal court. The FCRA also creates a cause of action for consumers to sue and recover damages for certain violations.

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Supreme Court Rejects Cause of Action Under Bivens Against Border Patrol Agent

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court held that the authority of a court to imply a cause of action under Bivens v. While the Court did not overrule Bivens , it did emphasize that recognizing a Bivens cause of action is “a disfavored judicial activity.”. Supreme Court’s Decision. . _ (2022), the U.S. In Bivens v.

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Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

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Free speech has always held a precarious position in Australia which does not have an equivalent to the First Amendment in guaranteeing free speech as a constitutional right. Despite this history, a new decision out of the High Court is still shocking in its implications for further attacks on free speech.

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Unanimous Court Rules FTCA Bars Suit Against Federal Officers

Constitutional Law Reporter

S. _ (2021), the Supreme Court ruled that the Federal Tort Claims Act barred college student James King’s claims of police brutality. The Court unanimously held that the district court’s dismissal of King’s claims under the FTCA triggered the “judgment bar” in 28 U.S.C. In Brownback v.

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Federal Court Dismisses “Kung Flu” Lawsuit Against Trump

JonathanTurley

Former President Donald Trump achieved mixed results in courts this week. The court then found that the filing could not maintain a group libel theory. We have previously discussed this tort theory. Lait (1952), a New York federal district court addressed a defamation claim arising from the publication of the book “U.S.A.

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Former Rep. Hill Files Lawsuit Against Former Husband And Media Over Public Disclosures

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This case pleads that everybody, even publicly elected officials and celebrities, is owed the right to sexual privacy and redress from our courts when they experience intimate partner violence.”. The use of emotional distress claims runs against the grain of various cases, including the Westboro decision of the Supreme Court in 2011.

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