Sean Michael Gravelle v. the State of Texas

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• holding that, where jury was instructed separately on two claims and found defendant liable on both, verdict could be affirmed if substantial evidence supported either claim
• holding that “[i]t is settled law that the Seventh Amendment does not apply” in “suits seeking only injunctive relief” or suits seeking only equitable relief
• holding that “[i]t is settled law that the Seventh Amendment does not apply” in “suits seeking only injunctive relief” or suits seeking only equitable relief
• holding that “the issue whether a landowner has been deprived of all economically viable use of his property is a predominantly factual question.”
• holding that because 42 U.S.C. § 1983 “provides for relief for invasions of rights protected under federal law,” claims under that statute “sound in tort”
• emphasizing that we have not extended this standard \beyond the special context of [such] exactions\

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