SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

James King, then a college student, got into an altercation with plainclothes federal officers Todd Allen and Douglas Brownback because he says he thought they were criminals mugging him. King sued them under the Federal Tort Claims Act and under Bivens v. Criminal law We are now in the home stretch.

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Court Tort Litigation Litigating 107

JonathanTurley

JUNE 30, 2021

Roughly 30 states and the District of Columbia have statutes allowing for recovery for wrongful convictions and imprisonment. It must be done under common law, which is challenging. Under common law, Cosby could sued for malicious prosecution. Pennsylvania is not one of them (which is quite surprising). However, recently Gov.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 13, 2021

He is facing both criminal and potential tort liability for the tiger incident. The Lacey Act and other federal wildlife statutes could be charged for such conduct. The Lacey Act makes it a federal crime to break the wildlife laws of any state, tribe, or foreign country, in interstate commerce.

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Tort Misdemeanor Felony Lawyer 31

JonathanTurley

MAY 24, 2022

In teaching torts, we often discuss the vague line between self-defense and retaliation in cases of assault and battery. That issue will now be at the heart of a criminal charge against former Broncos cornerback Brendan Langley who was charged with assault after hitting a United Airlines employee.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The Castle Doctrine laws are designed to effectively answer the question under the common law and establish that any intruder can be treated as a threat to life — warranting the use of lethal force. I do not believe that Maryland has a specific Castle Doctrine statute. ” The rule is.

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Laws Statute Tort Criminal Law 34

JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

In celebration of Thanksgiving, I give you our annual Turkey Torts of civil and criminal cases that add liability to libations on this special day (with past cases at the bottom). Indeed, the torts and crimes recorded this year seem painfully reminiscent of this loathsome year.

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Tort Statute Court Criminal Law 32

JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 15, 2022

There is a bizarre political controversy out of Colorado that may raise some interesting defamation and criminal law questions. What was so striking about this story is that the owner would seem to be incriminating himself in a potentially criminal act, if true. Here is the criminal extortion statute: 18-3-207.

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Statute Criminal Law Court Laws 38

JonathanTurley

AUGUST 25, 2021

The case is brought under statutes like 18 U.S.C. the Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. Likewise, areas like defamation have been limited by the First Amendment. In New York Times v.

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Personal Injury Court Rules Tort Statute 43

JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 15, 2021

. “[t]he CVA effectively strips defendants of any timeliness defense so long as the conduct over which they are sued constitutes a sexual offense under Article 130 or violations of other enumerated statutes.

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Statute Tort Laws Court 35

JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Citizen arrests have been recognized since Medieval times when citizens had not just a right but a duty to to respond to a “hue and cry” of others identifying a criminal and seeking help. ” The right still exists for any felonies (or certain misdemeanors committed in the presence of the citizen).

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Felony Misdemeanor Attorney Statute 46

JonathanTurley

MARCH 31, 2021

The second “Count Five” is actually just a demand for punitive damages, rather than an actual separate tort. COUNT FOUR (Violation of a Public Safety Statute: D.C. COUNT FIVE (Violation of a Public Safety Statute: D.C. The first five counts are: COUNT ONE (Directing Assault and Battery).

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