No. 19-350

Stephen Busch, et al. v. Shari Guertin, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-09-17
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: 14th-amendment bodily-integrity civil-rights due-process free-speech qualified-immunity regulatory-action standing
Key Terms:
Environmental AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Privacy
Latest Conference: 2020-01-17
Related Cases: 19-205 (Vide)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the 14th Amendment's constitutional right to 'bodily integrity' extends to a right to be protected from foreseeable harm in public drinking water

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the 14th Amendment’s constitutional right to “bodily integrity” extends to encapsulate a right to be protected by state regulators from a foreseeable risk of harm from exposure to contaminants in public drinking water, or to be free from allegedly false statements by an agency spokesperson. 2. If so, whether such a bodily-integrity right was clearly established at the time the defendant officials were fulfilling their official duties. 3. Whether mere alleged mistakes and regulatory inaction by state regulators, or allegedly false statements by an agency spokesperson, are sufficiently “conscience shocking” to strip a government official of qualified immunity.

Docket Entries

2020-01-21
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-07
Reply of petitioners Stephen Busch, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2019-12-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2020.
2019-10-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 16, 2019.
2019-10-10
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 17, 2019 to December 16, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-09-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 17, 2019)
2019-07-29
Application (19A111) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until September 13, 2019.
2019-07-23
Application (19A111) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 14, 2019 to September 13, 2019, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Shari Guertin, et al.
Paul Tyler GeskeMcGuire Law, P.C., Respondent
Paul Tyler GeskeMcGuire Law, P.C., Respondent
Paul T. GeskeMcGuire Law, P.C., Respondent
Paul T. GeskeMcGuire Law, P.C., Respondent
Stephen Busch, et al.
John J. BurschBursch Law PLLC, Petitioner
John J. BurschBursch Law PLLC, Petitioner