tort-immunity

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-23 Sebhat Afework v. Velanta Monique Babbitt, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-07-07 Denied Response Waived attorney-general civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction immunity public-health-service removal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation tort-immunity Whether 42 U.S.C. § 233(c)(2) permits a deemed Public Health Service employee to remove a civil action or proceeding against him to federal district c…
19-643 John Hurry, et al. v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-11-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-law due-process finra immunity law-enforcement-powers private-corporation regulatory-authority securities-industry securities-regulation state-action state-actor tort-immunity Whether FINRA, an ostensibly private corporation invested with vast powers to regulate the securities industry, is absolutely immune from any claims a…
18A1206 Cora Kerton v. Society Hill at Droyers Point Condominium Association, et al. New Jersey 2019-05-21 Presumed Complete emergency-service first-responder injury-doctrine legal-claim supreme-court-review tort-immunity Whether a first responder's legal claim for injuries sustained during emergency service can overcome traditional tort immunity doctrines
18-412 Jael Watts v. Michael Allen, et al. Virginia 2018-10-02 Denied access-to-courts court-access due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-trial seventh-amendment state-law tort-immunity Whether the Virginia Supreme Court's dismissal of the Petitioner's appeal without reaching the merits of the case violates the Petitioner's fundamenta…