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4 Mar 2013, 7:19 am
The district court correctly held that the United States properly substituted itself under the Westfall Act for the individual defendants on plaintiff’s international law claims asserted under the ATS because the named defendants were acting within the “scope of their employment” at the time of the incidents alleged in the complaint. [read post]
4 Dec 2020, 4:50 pm
In the course of the proceedings, the Attorney General of the US certified the removal of the case from state court to federal court on the basis that the US was substituting itself for the President as a defendant under the Westfall Act. [read post]
21 Oct 2013, 7:10 pm
Alien Tort Statute Claims As to the ATS claims, Al Janko says that because the acts were “clearly illegal,” didn’t serve the interests of the United States, and were conducted outside of the scope of the individual defendants’ employment, the Westfall Act does not apply and the United States shouldn’t be substituted for the individual defendants here. [read post]
9 May 2011, 6:00 am
(Westfall from Alden, Iowa.) [read post]
14 Jun 2009, 5:01 pm
Economy and MaquiladorasMexican Taxation of Maquiladoras, UnderstandMexico.comDiscover the Cost-Saving Benefits of Mexico Manufacturing with Maquiladoras, MadeInMexico.comGil Villagrán, MSW, Maquiladoras-NAFTA's Sweatshops, (gvillagran [at] casa.sjsu.edu)Saturday May 2nd, 2009 12:41 PMMike Westfall, Maquiladoras--American Industry Creates Modern-Day Mexican Slaves, The Cutting Edge, The Edge of Labor, June 8th, 2009, who writes:"NAFTA has been a disaster… [read post]
29 Jul 2021, 9:03 pm
Representative Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) was acting as a private individual—rather than in his official capacity—when he addressed Trump supporters at a “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington, D.C. in January 2021, and he therefore does not qualify for legal protection under the Westfall Act, which provides immunity for federal employees for job-related conduct. [read post]
22 Jan 2007, 7:04 am
In a second ruling on Monday written by Justice Ginsburg, the Court decided that a declaration by the U.S. attorney general that a federal employee was acting within the scope of official duties is sufficient, under the Westfall Act, to justify transferring a case against that employee from state to federal court and substituting the federal government itself as the defendant. [read post]
14 Jun 2024, 5:20 am
” Adam Cancryn reports for POLITICO; Leo Sands, Loveday Morris, Hajar Harb, and Sammy Westfall report for the Washington Post. [read post]
3 Jun 2021, 12:01 pm
” The importance of immunity for official acts of the president, and executive branch officials, is further reflected in the Westfall Act, a statutory tort immunity for federal employees, which Trump argues also bars the suit on the grounds that the “allegations arose out of his allegations of political speech, clearly within the scope of his employment. [read post]
20 Dec 2022, 4:25 am
Sammy Westfall reports for the Washington Post. [read post]
3 Mar 2022, 6:51 am
The Westfall Act, which offers remedies against the United States for agents’ tortious acts, preserved Bivens for constitutional claims. [read post]
23 Dec 2022, 12:30 pm
The federal government removes the case under the Westfall Act and substitutes itself for the doctor because he was a federal employee, then gets the case dismissed based on shorter statute of limitations for suits against the government. [read post]
20 Feb 2024, 3:47 am
Sammy Westfall report for the Washington Post. [read post]
21 May 2024, 4:51 am
Lior Soroka and Sammy Westfall report for the Washington Post. [read post]
14 May 2024, 4:12 am
Sanger and Zach Montague report for the New York Times; Sammy Westfall reports for the Washington Post. [read post]
23 Jun 2023, 12:30 pm
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]
25 Aug 2023, 2:13 am
Evan Hill, Sarah Cahlan, Michael Laris, Sammy Westfall, and Jan Ludwig report for the Washington Post. [read post]
21 Jun 2023, 3:25 am
Stern, Miriam Berger, and Sammy Westfall report for the Washington Post. [read post]
9 May 2024, 5:09 am
Sammy Westfall reports for the Washington Post. [read post]
11 Oct 2022, 4:33 am
Sammy Westfall reports for the Washington Post. [read post]
