legal-causation
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-288 | Jonathan Zuhovitzky, et ux. v. UBS AG Che 101.329.562, et al. | Second Circuit | 2024-09-12 | Denied | Response Waived | circuit-court judicial-interpretation legal-causation proximate-cause rico-statute statutory-construction | Whether the Second Circuit's interpretation of 'proximate cause' under RICO is unreasonably narrow and fails to honor the statute's breadth |
| 23-1141 | Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos | First Circuit | 2024-04-22 | Judgment Issued | Amici (45) | aiding-and-abetting drug-cartel-violence drug-cartels firearms-industry firearms-trafficking international-tort legal-causation plcaa proximate-cause trafficking | Whether the production and sale of firearms in the United States is the proximate cause of alleged injuries to the Mexican government |
| 21-414 | First Midwest Bank, as Guardian of the Estate of Michael D. LaPorta v. City of Chicago, Illinois | Seventh Circuit | 2021-09-15 | Denied | Amici (2)Response Waived | 42-usc-1983 circuit-split civil-rights legal-causation municipal-liability off-duty off-duty-conduct official-policy section-1983 | Can municipalities evade liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for unlawful acts that their official municipal policies undisputedly caused if the municipa… |
| 19-688 | Wells Fargo & Co., et al. v. City of Miami, Florida | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-11-27 | Denied | Amici (1) | civil-procedure civil-rights fair-housing-act legal-causation private-litigation proximate-cause standing statutory-interpretation statutory-violation tort-liability | Whether proximate cause in private litigation about the Fair Housing Act requires more than a 'logical bond' between the alleged statutory violation a… |