Respondent, a young adult under the pseudonym “Amy,” was sexually abused by her uncle when she was eight or nine years old. See In re Amy, 591 F.3d 792, 794 (5th Cir. 2009). Amy’s uncle took a number of photographs depicting her in sexually...
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Punitive damages, also known as exemplary damages, are the damages awarded separately from the actual damages from an event. Courts generally award punitive damages only when it is determined that the defendant has acted in a particularly...
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Facts
Petitioner Ray Haluch Gravel Company (“Haluch” or “the Company”) began as a gravel company and later became a landscape supply company. See Cent. Pension Fund of Int’l Union of Operating Engineers & Participating Employers v. Ray Haluch Gravel...
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Plaintiffs Muhammad Tanvir, Jameel Algibah, and Naveed Shinwari (“Tanvir”) are Muslim men born abroad but are now either a permanent resident or a citizen of the United States. Tanvir v. FNU Tanzin at 452.
In February 2007, two Federal Bureau...
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In 1983, Sherman Nealy and Tony Butler founded Music Specialist, Inc. (“MSI”), a record company, with Nealy and Butler as co-presidents. Nealy v. Warner Chappell Music, Inc. at 4. Between 1983–1986, Butler wrote music that MSI released, including the...