damages-liability
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-122 | David Alan Carmichael, et al. v. Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, et al. | District of Columbia | 2025-07-31 | Denied | Response Waived | damages-liability due-process free-exercise official-capacity religious-freedom right-to-travel | Does the 'appropriate relief' of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act allow for damages liability or nominal damages against the United States for br… |
| 22-394 | Eric Brown, et al. v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 5, AFL-CIO, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2022-10-27 | Denied | Response Waived | 42-usc-1983 agency-fees civil-rights constitutional-rights damages-liability first-amendment good-faith good-faith-defense section-1983 | Does defendants' good-faith reliance on a state law before it was held unconstitutional shield them from damages liability for taking agency fees from… |
| 22-373 | David Schaszberger, et al. v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 13 | Third Circuit | 2022-10-20 | Denied | Response Waived | 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights damages-liability due-process good-faith good-faith-defense qualified-immunity retroactivity state-action | Is there a 'good faith' defense under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that shields a defendant from damages liability for depriving citizens of their constitutional … |
| 20-1383 | Arthur Diamond, et al. v. Pennsylvania State Education Association, et al. | Third Circuit | 2021-04-02 | Denied | 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights damages damages-liability first-amendment good-faith-defense retroactivity section-1983 union-fees | Is there a good-faith defense to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that shields a defendant from damages liability for depriving citizens of their constitutional right… | |
| 20-605 | Kiernan Wholean, et al. v. CSEA SEIU Local 2001, et al. | Second Circuit | 2020-11-05 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | 42-usc-1983 civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights damages-liability good-faith-defense qualified-immunity unconstitutional | Is there a 'good faith defense' to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that shields a defendant from damages liability for depriving citizens of their constitutional rig… |
| 20-486 | Nathaniel Ogle v. Ohio Civil Service Employees Association, AFSCME Local 11, AFL-CIO | Sixth Circuit | 2020-10-14 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) | 42-usc-1983 civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights damages-liability good-faith-defense legal-immunity | Is there a good faith defense to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for depriving citizens of constitutional rights under color of unconstitutional law? |
| 20-20 | Benito Casanova v. International Association of Machinists, Local 701 | Seventh Circuit | 2020-07-14 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) | 42-usc-1983 civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights damages-liability good-faith-defense legal-immunity | Is there a 'good faith defense' to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that shields a defendant from damages liability for depriving citizens of their constitutional rig… |
| 19-1104 | Mark Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2020-03-10 | Denied | Amici (1)Relisted (9) | 42-usc-1983 civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights damages-liability good-faith-defense legal-immunity unconstitutional-law | Is there a 'good faith defense' to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that shields a defendant from damages liability for depriving citizens of their constitutional rig… |
| 19-509 | Jane Doe v. Dardanelle School District | Eighth Circuit | 2019-10-21 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2) | civil-rights damages-liability deliberate-indifference due-process educational-discrimination educational-opportunities federal-funding sexual-harassment student-harassment student-on-student-harassment title-ix | Whether a recipient of federal funding may be held liable where it takes any action in response to complaints of sexual harassment |
| 19-71 | FNU Tanzin, et al. v. Muhammad Tanvir, et al. | Second Circuit | 2019-07-12 | Judgment Issued | Amici (15)Relisted (2) | administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights damages damages-liability due-process federal-employees free-speech religious-freedom rfra standing statutory-interpretation | Whether the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1998, 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seqg., permits suits seeking money damages against individual federal emplo… |