retroactive-liability

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23A121 Williams Alaska Petroleum, Inc., et al. v. Alaska, et al. Alaska 2023-08-11 Presumed Complete due-process-clause environmental-regulation fair-notice hazardous-substances retroactive-liability sulfolane Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits a state from imposing retroactive environmental liability for the discharge of a …
21-866 Realgy, LLC v. Roberta Lindenbaum, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-12-10 Denied Response Waived civil-rights content-based-speech due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-recusal recusal retroactive-liability severability standing statutory-interpretation Whether the retroactive application of the severance of the government-debt exception in Barr v. AAPC violates the First Amendment by re-creating the …
18-84 ConAgra Grocery Products Company, et al. v. California California 2018-07-18 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (3) causation century-old-conduct civil-procedure due-process due-process-clause first-amendment injury massive-liability no-proof-of-injury public-nuisance retroactive-liability speech-liability Whether imposing massive and retroactive 'public nuisance' liability without requiring proof that the defendant's nearly century-old conduct caused an…
18-86 The Sherwin-Williams Company v. California California 2018-07-18 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) causation civil-rights consumer-protection due-process first-amendment free-speech product-promotion public-nuisance retroactive-liability Whether the First Amendment permits imposing tort liability for truthfully promoting a lawful product later deemed hazardous