JURIST

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Conspiracy theorist radio show host Alex Jones Wednesday was ordered to pay families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims and a first responder approximately $965 million in compensatory damages. million compensatory damages and $45.2 A Connecticut court issued the verdict after four weeks of trial.

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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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The Crime Report

AUGUST 5, 2022

A Texas jury ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million — significantly less than the $150 million being sought — in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook massacre, reports the Associated Press.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 8, 2021

The students push back against the idea that allowing claims for nominal damages to go forward even after the policy at the heart of a lawsuit has been changed will create an incentive for plaintiffs to run up large legal bills. Nominal damages, the officials reason, are not simply “a small amount of compensatory damages.”

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Notably, the jury awarded punitive damages against the university, a relative rarity for juries but well deserved in this case. Stern’s emails were quoted in Wall Street Journal and Chronicle of Higher Education articles. It awarded $145,000 in compensatory damages and $500,000 in punitive damages.

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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. In support of overruling the cases, Kavanaugh cited cases like Brown v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.:

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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. In support of overruling the cases, Kavanaugh cited cases like Brown v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.:

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