Federal civil rights actionsstatutes of limitationborrowing statutespersonal injury claimsintentional tortsOwens & Lessard v. OkureThis article previews the issues and arguments in Owens & Lessard v. Okure, on the Supreme Court's 1988-89 appellate docket. The issue presented is whether a fe...
Young lawyers drafting their firstcivil complaintwill tell you that the supervising partners routinely warn that it’s malpractice not to include Doe defendants to protect the statute of limitations as against unknown parties. However, to Doe defendant or not to Doe defendant in ...
The response also claims that the sheriffs “enjoy qualified immunity” which “protects public officials who are required to exercise their discretion, shielding them from personal liability for civil damages.” “Qualified immunity is immunity from...
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The courts of appeals also review judgments in civil actions for patent infringement that are final except for an accounting, and judgments rendered in bankruptcy cases. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has specialized appellate jurisdiction. No federal court has jurisdiction to ...
The Federal Rules of Evidence generally govern civil and criminal proceedings in the courts of the United States and proceedings before U.S.Bankruptcyjudges and U.S. magistrates, to the extent and with the exceptions stated in the rules. Promulgated by the U.S. Supreme Court and amended by ...
(Even this remedy, however, is ultimately based on state tort law; the plaintiff must show that the official's wrong would be a tort under the law of the state where the injury occurred.) A federal civil rights statute known as Section 1983 creates a remedy, in either state or federal ...
The trend toward federal control began after the Civil War. In 1870, the Secretary of the Treasury, in whose department the marine hospital fund was administered, initiated a major organizational reform of the system. In the following decade, two critical events happened. The Treasury Department ...
Again, under the mandatory disclosure rules, federal government contractors must timely disclose credible evidence of procurement related fraud and other violations of federal, civil, and criminal law, and a failure to do so can result in suspension or debarment from doing business with the federal ...
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