Jesse Brown, Rev., On Behalf Of Himself And All Members Of The Uptown Coalition For Tobacco Control And Health v. Philip Morris Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing examples of exceptional circumstances where “the public interest requires that the issues be heard or manifest injustice would result from the failure to consider such issues”
• discussing Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971)
• finding a Bivens action will lie “where the defendant has violated the plaintiff’s rights under color of federal law.”
• affirming district court’s dismissal of § 1985(3) claims where, “[t]he great weight of [] authority . . . supports the traditional limitation of § 1985(3) to questions of interstate travel and involuntary servitude.”
• describing public function test, close nexus test, and symbiotic relationship test
• “It is well established that liability under § 1983 will not attach for actions taken under color of federal law.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).