Monthly Archives: July 2021

Creating Split in Circuits, Divided Sixth Circuit Panel Holds That Presenting “Specific Dollar Amount” to Agency in Federal Tort Claims Act Case Is Not a Jurisdictional Requirement

In Copen v. United States, No. 21-2655 (6th Cir. July 6, 2021), a 2-1 panel holds that the requirement under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671–80, that a tort victim first present “the amount of the claim . . . to the federal agency” (id. § 2675(b)) is mandatory, but notContinue reading “Creating Split in Circuits, Divided Sixth Circuit Panel Holds That Presenting “Specific Dollar Amount” to Agency in Federal Tort Claims Act Case Is Not a Jurisdictional Requirement”

Plaintiffs Lack Standing in Suit to Order National Archivist to Publish Equal Rights Amendment, Holds First Circuit

In Equal Means Equal v. Ferriero, No. 20-1802 (1st Cir. June 29, 2021), the First Circuit holds that two orgnaizations and an individual citizen lacked an “injury” for standing in a lawsuit to order the National Archives to record the Equal Rights Amendment as “the duly ratified 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.” “The plaintiffsContinue reading “Plaintiffs Lack Standing in Suit to Order National Archivist to Publish Equal Rights Amendment, Holds First Circuit”