Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 18, 2023

Supreme Court held that a deaf student seeking compensatory damages under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for the denial of a free and appropriate education may proceed without exhausting the administrative processes of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) because the remedy sought is not one IDEA provides.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Board of Education, in which the Court overruled precedent and established new constitutional law. The case will decide whether damages for emotional distress are available in anti-discrimination cases. The post Abortion Rights Took Center Stage During Busy Week for Supreme Court appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JANUARY 3, 2022

Board of Education, in which the Court overruled precedent and established new constitutional law. The case will decide whether damages for emotional distress are available in anti-discrimination cases. The post Abortion Rights Took Center Stage During Busy Week for Supreme Court appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

There seemed little balance struck in this case and the jury responded by hitting Auburn with punitive damages. It awarded $145,000 in compensatory damages and $500,000 in punitive damages. City of Melbourne , 731 F.3d 3d 1161, 1168 (11th Cir. 2013), the Supreme Court in Pickering , 391 U.S. alteration added).

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 1, 2021

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that while a request for nominal damages can sometimes save a case from mootness, such as where a person pleads but fails to prove an amount of compensatory damages, the students’ plea for nominal damages alone could not by itself establish standing. Supreme Court’s Decision.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

compensatory damages and $300,000.00 punitive damages. The site was sued by Sarah Jones, an ex-Bengals cheerleader and a former high school teacher in northern Kentucky, who was libeled on the site by commentators. The jury hung in the first trial of this case, which necessitated a second trial.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The case involved the practice of the company to repair and repaint cars damaged in transit without telling the customers. Jonathan Turley, an attorney, constitutional law scholar and legal analyst, is the Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law at The George Washington University Law School.

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