No. 22-433

The Lawyers' Committee for 9/11 Inquiry, Inc., et al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General of the United States, et al.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2022-11-08
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 11-Sep 9-11 article-iii article-iii-standing civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-circuits federal-courts first-amendment grand-jury judicial-remedies standing
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Latest Conference: 2023-01-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Act Contrary to the Constitution and in Conflict with Decisions of the Supreme Court When It Held that 9/11 Victim Family Members, 9/11 First Responders, and Two U.S. Non-Profit Organizations Needed to Assert Additional Harm Beyond a Violation of a Constitutional Right to Have Article III Standing to Seek Judicial Remedies?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED A. Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Act Contrary to the Constitution and in Conflict with Decisions of the Supreme Court When It Held that 9/11 Victim Family Members, 9/11 First Responders, and Two U.S. Non-Profit Organizations Needed to Assert Additional Harm Beyond a Violation of a Constitutional Right to Have Article III Standing to Seek Judicial Remedies? B. Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Act Contrary to the Constitution and in Conflict with Decisions of the Supreme Court When It Held that Federal Grand Juries Were Not Entities of the Federal Government to which the First Amendment Right to Petition Applies? C. Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Undermine the Constitutional Independence of the Grand Jury When It Refused to Enforce the Mandatory Duty Imposed Explicitly by Congress and Implicitly by the Constitution on United States Attorneys to Relay Citizen Reports of Federal Crimes toa Grand Jury, and Left to the Complete Discretion of the Department of Justice What a Grand Jury Is Allowed to See and Consider? D. Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Create a Clear Split Among the Federal Circuits When It decided to Not Adopt the Ninth Circuit’s Rule that Ministerial Records of a Federal Grand Jury May Be Made Available to the Public?

Docket Entries

2023-01-09
Petition DENIED.
2022-12-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-12-08
Waiver of right of respondent Garland, Attorney General of the United States, Merrick, et al. to respond filed.
2022-11-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 8, 2022)

Attorneys

Garland, Attorney General of the United States,, Merrick, et al.
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
The Lawyers' Committee for 9/11 Inquiry, Inc.,, et al.
John Michael CliffordClifford & Garde LLP, Petitioner
John Michael CliffordClifford & Garde LLP, Petitioner