state-law-duties

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-70 Tyson Foods, Inc., et al. v. Hus Hari Buljic, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-07-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) covid-19-pandemic emergency-response federal-direction federal-officer-removal federal-supervision food-supply national-emergency national-food-supply state-law-duties Whether a private actor that assists the federal government in securing the national food supply during a national emergency, under extensive federal …
21-270 BNSF Railway Company v. Robert Dannels Montana 2021-08-25 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) federal-employers-liability-act non-frivolous-defenses preemption railroad-liability settlement settlement-obligations state-law-claims state-law-duties unfair-settlement-practices uniform-federal-framework Whether FELA preempts state-law duties that require a defendant to settle and pay FELA claims even when the defendant has non-frivolous defenses to li…