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22 Feb 2012, 7:06 am by Steve Vladeck
And because courts have construed the exclusivity provisions of the 1988 Westfall Act as ousting state courts of the power to entertain tort claims against federal officers acting within the scope of their employment, today, that traditional avenue appears to no longer be available. [read post]
14 Sep 2010, 12:47 pm by Steve Bainbridge
NASDAQ listing standard 5605(d) requires executive officer compensation decisions to be made by independent directors. [read post]
17 Sep 2020, 1:16 am by INFORRM
The Volokh Conspiracy Blog has a piece dealing with the relevant legislation, the Westfall Act, and its application in other cases. [read post]
4 Mar 2013, 7:19 am by Wells Bennett
., a damages action brought by a former Guantanamo detainee against former government officers in their individual capacities. [read post]
9 May 2024, 5:09 am by Beatrice Yahia
Sammy Westfall reports for the Washington Post. [read post]
5 Feb 2012, 9:46 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"Thousands of complaints about aggressive dogs also are pouring in to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. [read post]
8 Jun 2021, 10:16 am by Josh Blackman
Here, the DOJ favored the institutional position of the President, even where the current occupant of that office disagrees. [read post]
3 Jun 2021, 12:01 pm by Bryce Klehm, Alan Z. Rozenshtein
The question, then, is—assuming that Jones could be extended to actions taken taken wholly during a president’s stay in office—whether Trump’s repeated lies about the 2020 election and his inflammatory rhetoric at the “Stop the Steal” rally were within the “outer perimeter” of his office. [read post]
16 Aug 2011, 10:01 am by John Dehn
  General Hovey and the officers who conducted Lambin Milligan’s military commission (found to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Ex parte Milligan) were held personally liable for convening this unlawful tribunal even though it may have been ratified by both the executive branch and Congress. [read post]
13 Apr 2018, 7:42 am by Corey Westfall
Here is the first of those blog posts, this one written by 3L Corey Westfall. [read post]
21 Feb 2014, 6:59 am
Chilicky (1988), had already taken place by the time the Westfall Act was passed. [read post]
23 Dec 2022, 12:30 pm by John Ross
Fifth Circuit: The excessive-force claim against the officer may proceed. [read post]
23 Jun 2023, 12:30 pm by John Ross
Another concurrence: Litigants are SOL when federal officers violate their constitutional rights unless they can find a loophole in the Westfall Act, which has generally prevented all state-tort suits against federal officers. [read post]
29 Jul 2021, 9:03 pm by Katelynn Catalano
The General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the Chinese General Office of the State Council issued new guidelines banning private tutoring companies from profiting or raising funds on stock markets and mandating that existing private tutoring companies be classified as non-profit organizations. [read post]
23 May 2019, 7:12 am by John Elwood
Six Unknown Named Agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics; and (2) whether, if the federal courts do not recognize such a claim, the Westfall Act violates the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment insofar as it pre-empts state-law tort suits for damages against rogue federal law-enforcement officers acting within the scope of their employment for which there is no alternative legal remedy. [read post]
21 Apr 2023, 12:30 pm by John Ross
Then the United States sought to substitute itself for Trump under the Westfall Act, saying that he'd been acting within the scope of his duties when he made the statements. [read post]
20 Dec 2022, 4:25 am by Emma Snell
Sammy Westfall reports for the Washington Post. [read post]