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…