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Court explores continued private enforcement of spending clause enactments

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This case presents whether a resident deprived of those rights can sue a publicly owned and operated nursing home under Section 1983, which provides a cause of action against government actors who deprive anyone of rights secured by the “laws” of the United States, meaning other federal statutes, including spending clause enactments.

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Exclusive: You keep using that word; I don’t think you know what it means.

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Lots of work over the years has gone into determining whether a particular cause of action meets the arising under requirement of these provisions. 251 (2013) (patent litigation attorney malpractice lawsuit does not arise under the Patent Act). An example is a breach of contract dispute between two parties from the same U.S.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Tennessee Federal Court Allowed Conservation Groups to Proceed with Challenge to TVA Long-Term Contracts. and non-U.S. BP p.l.c. ,