No. 24-124

Brent Brewbaker v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-08-05
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 5th-amendment-6th-amendment'\n\n'Did the court of antitrust-law appellate-review article-1 constitutional-challenge constitutional-error criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process fifth-amendment harmless-error jury-instructions presumption sherman-act sixth-amendment void-for-vagueness
Key Terms:
Antitrust DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2024-11-08
Related Cases: 23-1365 (Vide)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is the criminal provision of Section 1 of the Sherman Act Constitutional?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Section 1 of the Sherman Act criminalizes “[e]very contract ...in restraint of trade.” 15 U.S.C. § 1. This prohibition cannot be applied literally because it proscribes all contracts, thus leaving courts to define the offense. Does the criminal provision of Section 1 of the Sherman Act violate Article 1 of, and the Fifth and Sixth Amendments to, the United States Constitution? 2. Did the court of appeals correctly apply the constitutional harmless-error test when it “presumed” that the jury was not affected by a constitutionally erroneous jury instruction?

Docket Entries

2024-11-12
Petition DENIED.
2024-10-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2024.
2024-09-16
2024-09-04
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2024-09-04
Brief of cross-respondent United States in opposition filed.
2024-08-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 4, 2024)

Attorneys

Brent Brewbaker
Elliot Sol AbramsCheshire Parker Schneider, PLLC, Petitioner
Elliot Sol AbramsCheshire Parker Schneider, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent