No. 20-803

Morgan Joseph Langan v. United States

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2020-12-15
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: article-iv constitutional-interpretation due-process federalism judicial-sovereignty legislative-act property-rights republican-government separation-of-powers takings vested-rights
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-02-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the State of Arizona possess the transcendental sovereignty to take away petitioner's vested rights in private property by a mere legislative act that usurps the power of the judicial branch and alters the nature of our republican and free government as guaranteed under Article IV § 4 of the Constitution for the United States of America?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Does the State of Arizona possess the transcendental sovereignty to take away petitioner’s vested rights in private property by a mere legislative act that usurps the power of the judicial branch and alters the nature of our republican and free government as guaranteed under Article IV § 4 of the Constitution for the United States of America?

Docket Entries

2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
Main Document
2021-01-11
Waiver of right of respondent State of Arizona to respond filed.
Main Document
2020-12-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 14, 2021)
PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service

Attorneys

Morgan Langan
Morgan Joseph Langan — Petitioner
Morgan Joseph Langan — Petitioner
State of Arizona
Drew Curtis Ensign — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Drew Curtis Ensign — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent