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The article discusses the court case Burnett v. Smith in which the Iowa Supreme Court declined to recognize an independent clause of action for money damages under its constitution and overruled a related case. It describes the details of the case filed by garbage truck driver Cory Burnett against Iowa Department of Transportation officer Philip Smith. It examines the court's observation that the Iowa judiciary of the mid-19th century did not recognize direct constitutional claims for damages.

The article presents a court case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that litigants could sue federal officials for monetary damages in their individual capacities under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA). In the case Tanzin v. Tanvir, Pakistani permanent resident Muhammad Tanvir and three others filed a lawsuit when they were forced to serve as informants within their American Muslim communities in violation of their Muslim faith.

The article presents a court case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an award of nominal damages can redress a completed injury, thus, reversing the ruling of a district court and the Eleventh Circuit. In the case Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski, students Chicke Uzuegbubam and Joseph Bradford filed a case against officials of Georgia Gwinnett College enforcing speech policies to seek monetary damages and declaratory and injunctive relief.