SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. This week’s update on the cases that the Supreme Court has newly relisted will be short: There aren’t any new relists. Gorsuch said he hoped the court would overturn those cases soon in “an appropriate case.”
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 23, 2021
The fatal shooting at Bonanza Creek Ranch already has the makings of a blockbuster tort action. ” The question is not whether but when the first torts lawsuit will be filed. What is clear is that there is an abundance of evidence to support a tort action even at this early stage. Walgreen Hastings Co., Legg, 441 P.2d
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JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 6, 2022
However, not only is another court likely to find that there was no right to rescue in a case involving the theft of pigs by animal activists , this activist is likely to establish that the players had right to tackle. When the person arrested has committed a felony, although not in his presence.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 15, 2021
The recent reported discovery by Riggle of a surveillance camera raises some interesting criminal and tort dimensions to a divorce that seems to be snowballing out of control. If true, the conduct would constitute both criminal and tort violations. The camera would certainly allow for a couple of torts.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 10, 2021
There is an interesting criminal case out of the Minnesota that highlights both criminal and tort doctrines on the defense of self and defense of property. The case highlights rivaling doctrines that we often discuss in Torts. Restatement (Second) of Torts § 218 cmt. Al Rakip J. In famous cases like Bird v. Holbrook , 4 Bing.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Michigan college student is unable to proceed with a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) lawsuit against two federal officers who tackled him after mistaking him for a fugitive in 2014. King appealed the dismissal of his Bivens claims.
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
There is an allowance in torts for mistaken self-defense. It turned out to be a deputy sheriff but the court found that Courvoisier could rely on reasonable mistaken self-defense. .” A position partially supported by his son. In the case of Courvoisier v. Raymond , 23 Colo.
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