No. 25-1174

Rahul Chaturvedi v. Bridge Over Corporation, et al.

Lower Court: Massachusetts
Docketed: 2026-04-13
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Tags: defend-trade-secrets-act due-process-clause preemption supremacy-clause trade-secrets unconstitutional-condition
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Supremacy Clause and the Defend Trade Secrets Act (18 U.S.C. § 18350 d)) preempt state court orders that compel the public disclosure of federally protected trade secrets as a condition of asserting a defense, thereby nullifying the mandatory procedural safeguards Congress prescribed?

2. Whether a state court violates the Due Process Clause by imposing an unconstitutional condition that forces a litigant to choose between (a) forfeiting federally protected trade secret rights as the price of defending property interests, or (b) facing punitive sanctions, including incarceration, by conditioning liberty on payment of funds the litigant is legally barred from accessing and that the same court has found the litigant lacks the ability to pay?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Supremacy Clause and the Defend Trade Secrets Act preempt state court orders compelling public disclosure of federally protected trade secrets as a condition of asserting a defense, and whether a state court violates the Due Process Clause by imposing an unconstitutional condition forcing a litigant to choose between forfeiting federally protected trade secret rights or facing punitive sanctions including incarceration

Docket Entries

2026-02-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 13, 2026)
2025-12-02
Application (25A630) granted by Justice Jackson extending the time to file until February 1, 2026.
2025-11-22
Application (25A630) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 3, 2025 to February 1, 2026, submitted to Justice Jackson.

Attorneys

Rahul Chaturvedi
Rahul Chaturvedi — Petitioner