JURIST

MARCH 8, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Monday in Uzuegbunam v. During litigation, the college dropped the policy and argued that the students no longer had standing to continue the litigation. According to Thomas, nominal damages are sufficient for the redressability part of Article 3 standing even if the issue has become moot.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 12, 2021

Justice Neil Gorsuch suggested to Waggoner that most lawsuits would still be able to go forward even if a request for nominal damages, standing alone, was not enough to keep a case alive. Alito pressed Pinson, asking whether an award of $10 in statutory damages would be large enough for the lawsuit to go forward.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 2, 2021

Montana Department of Revenue , the Supreme Court ruled that although states are not required to subsidize private education, states that choose to do so cannot exclude religious schools from receiving funding simply because they are religious. She sought compensatory damages for “humiliation, frustration, and emotional distress.”

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

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. Colorado Court Ruled on Venue for Colorado Local Governments’ Climate Change Claims. Wikimedia Commons. and non-U.S.

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