Constitutional Law Reporter
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
By a vote of 8-1, the Court held that to plead facts sufficient to support a domestic application of the Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. The post Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Alien Tort Statute appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. Supreme Court clarified when plaintiffs can seek redress in U.S.
JURIST
JANUARY 4, 2023
This transpired while considering the question of “ whether a statement by a Minister, inconsistent with the rights of a citizen under Part III of the Constitution, constitutes a violation of such constitutional rights and is actionable as ‘Constitutional Tort’?”
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JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 29, 2022
There is an interesting defamation case out of Idaho in which Rebecca Scofield , an associate professor and the chair of the history department at the University of Idaho, is suing TikTok personality Ashley Guillard for defamation.
Constitutional Law Reporter
MAY 13, 2022
To determine the elements of a constitutional claim under §1983, the Court’s practice is to first look to the elements of the most analogous tort as of 1871 when §1983 was enacted, so long as doing so is consistent with “the values and purposes of the constitutional right at issue.”
Constitutional Law Reporter
JANUARY 26, 2023
The specific issue is: “ Whether the National Labor Relations Act impliedly preempts a state tort claim against a union for intentionally destroying an employer’s property in the course of a labor dispute.” The post SCOTUS Kicks Off February Session With Four Cases appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.
Conflict of Laws
JANUARY 25, 2021
Programme: 29 January 2021 @ 4-6 PM (CET): Limiting European Integration Through Constitutional Law? Recent Decisions of the German Bundesverfassungsgericht and their Impact on Private International Law. Jurisdiction in Matters Relating to Cross-Border Torts according to the Recent Volkswagen Judgment of the Court of Justice.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 19, 2021
We also discussed a torts case involving a delay in calling police, but that case involved people who were deemed partially responsible for a death. In torts, there is no duty to rescue rule. Cf: Restatement, Torts, § 322. We have seen criminal charges for videotaping crime scenes in other countries. French, 104 Pa.
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