Crouse v. Town of Monks Corner. In October, 2013, a man, Berkeley, fell asleep in his car in a Wal-Mart parking lot. HIs three sons could not wake him and alerted securit, who then called the police. The responding officer, Roach, pulled the man from the car and threw him to the ground. He and another …
Heffernan v. City of Paterson. Question Presented: Whether the First Amendment bars the government from demoting a public employee based on a supervisor’s perception that the employee supports a political candidate. That’s right, the perception of support. If Heffernan were actually supporting a political opponent of his boss, he’d have better recourse under the First Amendment. Because he …
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Spokeo v. Robins, No. 13-1339 [Argument: November 2, 2015] Issue: Whether Congress may confer Article III standing upon a plaintiff who suffers no concrete harm, and who therefore could not otherwise invoke the jurisdiction of a federal court, by authorizing a private right of action based on a bare violation of a federal statute. The issue …