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SCOTUS Sides With Deaf Student in ADA Suit

Constitutional Law Reporter

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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Sua Sponte State Law Certification in Opioid MDL Appeal

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In the counties’ view, the only public-nuisance claims that OPLA abrogated were ones that sought compensatory damages from product-liability-related harms. The difficulty was that the parties’ arguments were all largely based on three Ohio Supreme Court decisions that predated the two statutory amendments at issue.

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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. The district court rejected eight grounds for removal, but the Fourth Circuit concluded its appellate jurisdiction was limited to determining whether the companies properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore , No.

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