Conference: 2019-06-27

39 cases — 0 granted, 39 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented
18-1013 Edward Winstead, et al. v. Anthony Johnson Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) accrual accrual-rules circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-trial due-process heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey section-1983 self-incrimination self-incrimination-claims wallace-v-kato Whether the Seventh Circuit's holding that accrual of self-incrimination claims based on statements used at a criminal trial is deferred under Heck v.…
18-1048 GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS, Corp., fka Converteam SAS v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC, et al. Eleventh Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (10)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) arbitration-agreement circuit-split contract-law equitable-estoppel foreign-arbitral-awards international-arbitration new-york-convention non-signatory treaty-interpretation Whether the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the New York Convention") permits a non-signatory to an arbitrat…
18-1059 Bridget Anne Kelly v. United States Third Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (4)Relisted (3) decision-making due-process fraud government government-fraud government-property legal-interpretation official-decision policy-reason property public-official public-policy subjective-intent Whether a public official 'defrauds' the government by advancing a 'public policy reason' for an official decision that is not her subjective 'real re…
18-1086 Lucky Brand Dungarees, Inc., et al. v. Marcel Fashions Group, Inc. Second Circuit Judgment Issued Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-split civil-procedure claim-preclusion defense-preclusion due-process fairness-to-defendants federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure issue-preclusion res-judicata Whether federal preclusion principles can bar a defendant from raising defenses that were not actually litigated and resolved in any prior case betwee…
18-1093 City of Joliet, Illinois, et al. v. Elijah Manuel Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) 42-usc-1983 accrual accrual-rule civil-rights fourth-amendment judicial-procedure manuel-v-city-of-joliet pretrial-detention section-1983 Whether the Seventh Circuit erred in holding that a Fourth Amendment claim for unlawful post-process, pretrial detention brought pursuant to §1983 is …
18-1186 Anthony Johnson v. Edward Winstead, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2) 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-claim criminal-procedure criminal-proceedings due-process fifth-amendment heck-v-humphrey inculpatory-statement section-1983 statute-of-limitations unconstitutional-evidence unconstitutional-statement Whether the statute of limitations for a Section 1983 claim based on the use of an unconstitutional inculpatory statement begins to run when criminal …
18-1195 Kendra Espinoza, et al. v. Montana Department of Revenue, et al. Montana Judgment Issued Amici (64)Relisted (2) constitutional-law equal-protection establishment-clause first-amendment free-exercise religion-clauses religious-schools school-choice student-aid Invalidation of a religiously neutral student-aid program due to inclusion of religious schools
18-1214 Wilbur L. Ross, Secretary of Commerce, et al. v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit GVR Amici (2)Relisted (2) administrative-law administrative-procedure-act apportionment-clause census-act census-citizenship-question census-data commerce-department commerce-secretary constitutional-authority constitutional-provisions district-court-injunction due-process equal-protection federalism judicial-injunction standing statutory-interpretation voting-rights-act Whether the district court erred in enjoining the Secretary of Commerce from reinstating a citizenship question to the 2020 decennial census
18-1233 Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil Group, Inc., fka Fossil, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (6)Relisted (2) circuit-split civil-procedure intellectual-property lanham-act profits profits-award remedies statutory-interpretation trademark-infringement willful-infringement willfulness Whether willful infringement is a prerequisite for an award of an infringer's profits for a violation of the Lanham Act
18-1269 Simon E. Rodriguez, as Chapter 7 Trustee for the Bankruptcy Estate of United Western Bancorp, Inc. v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver for United Western Bank Tenth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (1)Relisted (2) affiliated-group affiliated-groups bob-richards-rule circuit-split corporate-taxation federal-common-law state-law tax-refund Whether courts should determine ownership of a tax refund paid to an affiliated group based on the federal common law 'Bob Richards rule,' as three Ci…
18-294 Nicholas Honchariw v. County of Stanislaus, California, et al. Ninth Circuit GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) due-process final-determination ripeness state-court-procedures subdivision subdivision-approval taking-claims takings takings-clause williamson-county Whether taking and due process claims arising from a subdivision disapproval ripen under Williamson County Regional Planning Commission et al. v. Hami…
18-351 City of Pensacola, Florida, et al. v. Amanda Kondrat'yev, et al. Eleventh Circuit GVR Amici (5)Relisted (3) constitutional-law endorsement establishment-clause first-amendment historical-pedigree lemon-test passive-display passive-religious-display religious-display standing town-of-greece Whether plaintiffs have standing to sue under the Establishment Clause when their only alleged injury consists of the feelings of offense' produced by…
18-428 United States v. Clifford Raymond Salas Tenth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-offense firearms sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the subsection-specific definition of crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague
18-5234 Marcos Rodriguez v. United States Second Circuit GVR Relisted (3)IFP 18-usc-924c3b co-defendant-motions criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-procedure legal-joinder second-amendment sentencing statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness Whether the 'risk of force' clause of 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(B) is void for vagueness
18-5306 Ramiah Jefferson v. United States Sixth Circuit GVR Relisted (3)IFP cell-phone cell-phone-search fourth-amendment gang-activity probable-cause riley-v-california search-warrant zurcher-v-stanford-daily Whether an application for a search warrant to examine the contents of a cell phone seized incident to an arrest must show more to establish probable …
18-557 Department of Commerce, et al. v. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied Amici (8)Relisted (2) administrative-procedure-act agency-action agency-decisionmaker agency-officials discovery executive-branch executive-discretion judicial-review mandamus mental-processes standing Whether a district court may order discovery outside the administrative record to probe the mental processes of an agency decisionmaker when there is …
18-587 Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Regents of the University of California, et al. Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (5) administrative-law administrative-procedure-act administrative-procedure-act-apa deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals-daca department-of-homeland-security-dhs dhs-policy due-process equal-protection executive-power immigration immigration-enforcement immigration-law judicial-review standing Whether DHS's decision to wind down the DACA policy is judicially reviewable
18-588 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al. District of Columbia Denied Relisted (5) administrative-law administrative-law-review administrative-procedure-act agency-action deferred-action due-process equal-protection executive-discretion executive-power homeland-security immigration immigration-policy judicial-review standing Whether DHS's decision to wind down the DACA policy is judicially reviewable
18-589 Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. v. Martin Jonathan Batalla Vidal, et al. Second Circuit Denied Relisted (5) administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-discretion daca-policy deferred-action due-process executive-action executive-power homeland-security immigration immigration-law judicial-review separation-of-powers standing Whether DHS's decision to wind down the DACA policy is judicially reviewable
18-6286 Lisa Jo Chamberlin v. Pelicia E. Hall, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2)IFP batson batson-v-kentucky civil-rights comparative-juror-analysis equal-protection habeas-corpus jury-selection peremptory-challenges racial-discrimination Whether a court reviewing a Batson claim may consider reasons distinguishing stricken jurors from those accepted by the prosecutor when the distinguis…
18-664 Cynthia Bauerly, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Revenue v. William Fielding, Trustee of the Reid and Ann MacDonald Irrevocable GST Trust for Maria V. MacDonald, et al. Minnesota Denied Relisted (2) conflict-of-laws constitutional-law due-process family-business income-tax income-taxation resident-trust resident-trusts state-taxation trustee-location Does the Due Process Clause prohibit states from imposing incomes taxes on statutory 'resident trusts' that have significant additional contacts with …
18-6662 Eddie Lee Shular v. United States Eleventh Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (3)Relisted (3)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-split mens-rea sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-construction violent-felony Whether the determination of a serious drug offense' under the Armed Career Criminal Act requires the same categorical approach used in the determinat…
18-6755 Daederick Lacy v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP age-of-consent criminal-sexual-activity interstate-commerce mens-rea minor prostitution statutory-interpretation transportation-of-minors Does the statute require proof that the defendant knew the individual transported had not attained the age of 18 years?
18-6985 Dwayne Barrett, aka Sealed Defendant 3, aka Tall Man v. United States Second Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-statute sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the residual clause at 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is void for vagueness
18-7094 Floyd Daniel Smith v. California California Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2)IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky due-process equal-protection flowers-v-mississippi jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strikes prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination Whether striking black jurors by using racially charged characteristics unrelated to the case is permissibly race-neutral
18-7123 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. United States Fourth Circuit GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP criminal-defendant criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm-possession firearms legal-knowledge mens-rea second-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-offense Whether 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) and 924 require the government to prove a criminal defendant's mens rea as to each substantive element of the enumerated s…
18-7166 Gerard Mann v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process johnson-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent vagueness-doctrine Whether the definition of 'crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(B) is unconstitutionally vague
18-7331 Ishmael Douglas v. United States First Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP categorical-analysis circuit-split constitutional-law constitutional-vagueness criminal-law due-process legal-precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine Whether the residual clause of 18 U. S. C. § 924(c)(8)(B) is unconstitutionally vague
18-7439 Gregory M. Ward v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP appeal-preservation appeal-rights due-process evidence-hearing evidentiary-hearing guilty-plea ineffective-assistance motion-to-suppress plea-bargaining sixth-amendment trial-counsel Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
18-7490 Dan Reed v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment criminal-law due-process felon-in-possession mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the 'knowingly' provision of 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(2) applies to both the possession and status elements of a 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) crime?
18-7594 James Randall Rogers v. Benjamin Ford, Warden Georgia Denied Relisted (3)IFP capital-cases civil-rights death-penalty equal-protection habeas-corpus jury-discrimination jury-selection peremptory-challenges prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination racial-exclusion standing Does Lanier's systematic discrimination against African Americans violate Strauder v. West Virginia, 380 U.S. 202 (1965), and Foster v. Chatman?
18-7996 Emory Watkins v. United States Second Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 circuit-split crime-of-violence due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-conspiracy residual-clause statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness Whether the residual clause at 18 USC Sec. 924 (c) (3) (B) is void for vagueness
18-832 Ann Wilma Petersen v. NCL (Bahamas) Ltd., dba Norwegian Cruise Line Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) alvez-precedent american-export-lines-v-alvez general-maritime-law loss-of-consortium maritime-law miles-v-apex-marine miles-v-apex-marine-corp personal-injury spousal-damages townsend-v-jantran-inc Whether spouses of personal injury plaintiffs are entitled to recover loss of consortium damages under general maritime law
18-837 Scott Harris, in His Official Capacity as State Health Officer, et al. v. West Alabama Women's Center, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (6)Relisted (11) abortion abortion-ban abortion-rights constitutional-challenge dismemberment due-process gonzales-v-carhart medical-debate medical-procedure partial-birth-abortion reproductive-rights state-law state-regulation unborn-child Whether a state ban on dismemberment abortions is unconstitutional where there is a reasonable medical debate that alternatives to the banned procedur…
18-882 Noris Babb v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eleventh Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (2)Relisted (2) but-for-causation causation civil-rights discrimination federal-employment federal-employment-discrimination personnel-actions retaliation statutory-interpretation title-vii Whether federal-sector personnel actions that are not made free from any discrimination or retaliation are permitted, as long as discrimination or ret…
18-9071 Jason Moody v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process felon-in-possession felon-possession firearm-law firearms interstate-commerce knowledge-requirement mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §924(a) provides for criminal penalties to felons who possess firearms in interstate commerce absent proof that they knew of their f…
18-954 Cory Speelman v. Ohio Ohio Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) blood-draw fourth-amendment implied-consent search-and-seizure search-warrant unconscious unconscious-person warrant warrant-exception Should the Court revisit Birchfield v. North Dakota to resolve a split in the States: does the Fourth Amendment permit statutory 'implied consent' to …
18-966 Department of Commerce, et al. v. New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied Amici (52)Relisted (3) administrative-procedure-act administrative-procedure-act-apa agency-decision agency-decision-making census discovery executive-branch standing Whether the district court erred in enjoining the Secretary of Commerce from reinstating a question about citizenship to the 2020 decennial census
18-989 United States v. Marvin Lewis Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (3) 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution firearm-offense firearms statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether the subsection-specific definition of 'crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague