tort-action

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-7075 Ian T. Cooke v. John R. Williams, et al. Connecticut 2022-02-08 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-plaintiffs favorable-termination heck-bar heck-v-humphrey justiciability legal-malpractice tort-action tort-actions Does the justiciability bar articulated by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994) requiring criminal plaintiffs to favorably terminate their conviction…
18-1427 Marie Laventure, et al. v. United Nations, et al. Second Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) civil-procedure common-law federal-rules-of-civil-procedure immunity jurisdiction legislative-enactment liability tort tort-action tort-claims un-general-assembly un-immunity un-liability un-secretary-general Whether the term 'liability' can be used in an unenforceable, non-obligatory context
18-981 Theresa Jones, et al. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-29 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure federal-tort-claims-act feres-doctrine government-liability legislative-intent military-negligence military-service-members negligence servicemember-rights standing tort-action Should the Feres doctrine be revisited and limited to the legislative purpose underlining the Federal Tort Claims Act, such that a negligence action f…
18-646 Marquette Transportation Company, L.L.C., et al. v. Entergy Mississippi, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2018-11-19 Denied admiralty admiralty-law comparative-fault maritime-law navigable-waters permit-compliance prejudgment-interest property-interest rivers-and-harbors-act takings tort-action Whether a plaintiff claiming damage to a structure placed on navigable waters must show that its structure was permitted in order to maintain a compen…