Conference: 2025-12-05

166 total cases — 2 granted, 54 denied/dismissed, 6 pending (showing paid filter)

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-1015 John Doe, et al. v. Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York, et al. Second Circuit Pending CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) civil-rights-act employment-discrimination religious-accommodation state-law-preemption supremacy-clause title-vii (1) Whether compliance with state laws directly contrary to Title VII's requirement to provide a reasonable accommodation for religious beliefs may se…
24-1164 Jacqueline R. Everson v. The Coca-Cola Company, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split disability-rights due-process equitable-tolling erisa-plan statutory-violation 1. Whether the courts are precluded from violating statutory laws affecting the rights of the ERISA plan participants nationwide. 2. Whether the cour…
24-1191 Dennis D. Sadorra v. Starlight Dunes HOA, a California Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) 28-usc-144 28-usc-1441 due-process federal-question-jurisdiction judicial-disqualification removal-procedure 1. Whether the lower court, in failing to consider arguments presented by Petitioner, erred in its holding that removal procedure was defective? 2.…
24-1255 Malcom Anwar Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-history rehabilitation-evidence sentence-reduction sentencing-discretion When a federal inmate files a motion for reduction of sentence or compassionate release pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582 (c)(1)(A), the district court mus…
24-1305 Marcus Todd v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 5 Eighth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) consent-diversion employee-rights first-amendment janus-standard public-sector-union state-action In Janus v. AFSCME, this Court held that a public-sector union cannot obtain direct payroll deductions from a nonmember unless it has "clear and compe…
24-1306 Terry Klee v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 501, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) first-amendment janus-decision section-1983 sovereign-immunity state-action union-dues Whether a public-sector union that invokes the aid of state officials to deduct union dues from a nonconsenting public-sector employee acts "under col…
24-1327 Spirit of Aloha Temple, a Hawaii Nonprofit Corporation, et al. v. Maui County, Hawaii, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived first-amendment municipal-jurisdiction religious-exercise rluipa substantial-burden zoning-permit Must a religious organization seeking to build a church prove that it is precluded from using other sites within a municipality's jurisdiction and/or …
24-994 National Basketball Association v. Michael Salazar Second Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) article-iii-standing circuit-split consumer-rights personal-information third-party-disclosure video-privacy-protection-act Whether a consumer claiming that he was harmed by disclosure of his personal information must plead that his information was revealed to the public to…
25-105 Brian Beland and Denae Beland v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-rights criminal-investigation fifth-amendment fourth-amendment irs-procedure tax-audit 1. Is a taxpayer 's Fourth and/or Fifth Amendment Constitutional Rights violated when the IRS civil revenue agent conducts a criminal investigation…
25-107 Leah Gilliam v. David Gerregano, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Revenue, et al. Tennessee Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) first-amendment free-speech government-speech license-plate public-forum state-regulation Whether the messages paid for and chosen by car owners on personalized license plates—commonly known as "vanity" plates—are government speech.
25-108 Donald Wayne Bush, et ux. v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (1) bankruptcy-jurisdiction circuit-split judicial-authority non-dischargeable-debt statutory-interpretation tax-liabilities 1. Whether 11 U.S.C. §505(a)(1) confers jurisdiction on the bankruptcy court to adjudicate the amount and legality of a debtor's tax liabilities. 2. …
25-110 Sally Priester v. Puerto Rico Department of Health, et al. First Circuit Denied Relisted (2) first-amendment free-speech government-interference healthcare-speech licensing-board pandemic-restrictions Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, Dr. Priester, M.D., exerted her rights under the Free Speech, Freedom of Association, and Free…
25-115 Monica Miller, et al. v. Letitia James, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Attorney General of New York Second Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights defamation first-amendment free-speech reputational-harm standing During a press conference convened by the New York Attorney General to announce the filing of a civil lawsuit against Red Rose Rescue, a pro-life orga…
25-117 Peter Mosoko Ikome v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied None
25-133 Joseph Miller, et al. v. James V. McDonald, Commissioner, New York State Department of Health, et al. Second Circuit GVR Amici (17) constitutional-law first-amendment free-exercise-clause religious-exemption secular-exemption smith-precedent 1. Whether a law that categorically disallows religious exemptions but permits secular exemptions and other comparable secular activity violates the F…
25-159 Leonard W. Hoffmann, et al. v. WBI Energy Transmission, Inc. Eighth Circuit Pending CVSGAmici (2)Relisted (3) circuit-split fifth-amendment just-compensation land-condemnation natural-gas-act state-law The Natural Gas Act authorizes private companies to condemn land in order to build certain natural gas infrastructure, but it says nothing about how t…
25-180 John Doe v. Dynamic Physical Therapy, LLC, et al. Louisiana Judgment Issued Relisted (3) americans-with-disabilities-act federal-preemption healthcare-discrimination public-health-emergency rehabilitation-act state-procedural-law Whether a state procedural law that immunizes a healthcare provider from liability during a public health emergency may override a federal substantive…
25-183 Thomas Crowther, et al. v. Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit Pending CVSGRelisted (3) educational-institutions employment-discrimination federal-funding private-right-action sex-discrimination title-ix Whether Title IX provides employees of federally funded educational institutions a private right of action to sue for sex discrimination in employment…
25-185 Barry Rosen v. City of Hawthorne, California California Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) anti-SLAPP attorney-fees declaratory-relief petition-clause prior-restraint vehicle-code The California judiciary participates in red-light running camera ticket projects because it collects court fees from alleged violators as do the gove…
25-197 T. M. v. University of Maryland Medical System Corporation, et al. Fourth Circuit Granted Amici (3)Relisted (2) appellate-procedure doctrine-interpretation federal-jurisdiction judicial-review rooker-feldman state-court Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine can be triggered by a state-court decision that remains subject to further review in state court.
25-199 Daniel Concepcion, et al. v. Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, dba MLB, et al. First Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response WaivedRelisted (2) antitrust-exemption baseball-litigation constitutional-challenge equal-protection sherman-act supreme-court-precedent 1. WHETHER THIS COURT'S DECISION IN FEDERAL BASEBALL CLUB OF BALTIMORE V. NATIONAL LEAGUE OF PROFESSIONAL BASE BALL CLUBS, 259 U.S. 200 (1922) AND ITS…
25-21 William F. Kaetz v. United States, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) bankruptcy-law constitutional-challenge first-amendment judicial-immunity separation-of-powers student-loans 1. Can federal courts, consistent with the Consti tution, assume legislative authority by creating fed eral common law on judicial immunity, filing re…
25-228 Detrina Solomon v. Flipps Media, Inc., dba FITE, dba FITE TV Second Circuit Denied circuit-split personally-identifiable-information privacy-law reasonable-foreseeability statutory-interpretation video-privacy-protection-act The Video Privacy Protection Act forbids a "video tape service provider" from disclosing without consent "personally identifiable information," which …
25-233 Catharine Miller, et al. v. Civil Rights Department California Denied Amici (10) compelled-speech employment-division-smith free-speech public-accommodation religious-freedom same-sex-marriage Petitioner Cathy Miller runs a small bakery in Bakersfield, California, where she designs and creates custom wedding cakes. After she declined to desi…
25-239 Tonya C. Huber v. Westar Foods, Inc. Eighth Circuit Denied burden-shifting employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas prima-facie-case retaliatory-intent summary-judgment 1. In an employment action in which the plaintiff alleges the defendant engaged in unlawful intentional discrimination or retaliation, if the defendan…
25-256 Libby Hilsenrath, on Behalf of Her Minor Child, C. H. v. Chathams School District Board of Education Third Circuit Denied establishment-clause first-amendment free-exercise-clause parental-rights public-school religious-freedom Whether a public school violates the Establishment Clause by assigning content that proselytizes for, extols, and gives favored treatment to Islam (or…
25-270 Nazir Khan v. Merit Medical Systems, Inc. Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-injury estoppel federal-circuit intellectual-property patent-infringement patent-standing 1. whether Federal circuit erred in affirming sum mary Judgement of non-infringement of Utah Court Judgement No2023-2329 based on estoppel in con trav…
25-284 Leila Green Little, et al. v. Llano County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (7) book-censorship first-amendment free-speech government-action library-access viewpoint-discrimination Whether those book-removal decisions are subject to scrutiny under the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.
25-314 Carl Culp v. Scott Caudill, in His Official Capacity as Chief of the Fort Wayne Police Department Seventh Circuit Denied americans-with-disabilities-act arrest-standards civil-rights disability-rights law-enforcement reasonable-accommodation Whether Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12131 et seq., applies to a law enforcement agency during the circumstance of the…
25-350 Charles Brooks, et al. v. Jeremy James Allen Eighth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split grievance-process inmate-lawsuit mandatory-exhaustion prison-litigation-reform-act unexhausted-claims When a formerly incarcerated person amends a complaint filed while he was in prison and adds unexhausted claims, does the PLRA require dismissal of th…
25-357 Adrian M. Lockridge v. Madison Metropolitan School District, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 504-plan disability-rights education-law equal-protection individualized-education 1. Does the Department of Education's 504 Plan for educating the child with disability provide equal protection under the 14th Amendment as does the p…
25-359 Rambod Sotoodeh, et al. v. City of South El-Monte, California, a Municipal Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied circuit-split federal-rules-civil-procedure local-rules merits-consideration motion-to-dismiss rule-12b6 Whether Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) and 83(a)(1) require a district court to consider the merits of an unopposed Rule 12(b)(6) motion to…
25-364 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit Pending Relisted (2) birthright-citizenship citizenship-clause constitutional-interpretation executive-order fourteenth-amendment immigration-law The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provides that those "born * * * in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof," are…
25-365 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Barbara, et al. First Circuit Pending Amici (22)Relisted (2) birthright-citizenship citizenship-clause constitutional-interpretation executive-order fourteenth-amendment immigration-law The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provides that those "born * * * in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof," are…
25-370 Franz A. Wakefield, dba CoolTVNetwork.com, Inc. v. Blackboard, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-panel due-process judicial-disability rule-60b structural-defect tribunal-integrity A three-judge panel that includes a judge later suspended for disability cannot satisfy 28 U.S.C. § 46(b) "in the first instance." Just as a two-membe…
25-380 Sean Kuhlmeyer v. Isabelle Latour Washington Denied constitutional-standard due-process family-court fundamental-rights no-contact-order parental-rights 1. When states have ruled differently, 1 and given this Court 's reasoning in Santosky v. Kramer, 2 and Mathews v. Eldridge, 3 the issue here is: Wh…
25-394 Beit Ha Kavod v. City of Canton, Ohio Ohio Denied building-codes constitutional-rights first-amendment free-exercise-clause municipal-law religious-discrimination The question presented is whether a municipality enforcing building codes violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the United State…
25-398 Adeayo O. Turton v. Saks Fifth Avenue, LLC Pennsylvania Denied appellate-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-review waiver-doctrine 1. Whether a state may constitutionally guarantee rights to appeal in all cases, then suppress that right by rigidly and/or arbitrarily applying proce…
25-404 Mark Hunt v. Zuffa, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure contract-law mma-sports performance-enhancing-drugs public-policy summary-judgment Firstly, did the Ninth Circuit err in affirming summary judgment on the Petitioner's battery and aiding-and-abetting battery claims by holding that co…
25-410 Sondra J. Schneider v. Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler, P.A. District of Columbia Denied civil-procedure defendant-contacts due-process forum-contacts personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction Whether the "arise out of or relate to" requirement is met when none of the defendant's forum contacts caused the plaintiff's claims, such that the pl…
25-413 Jean Dominique Morancy, Father of L.M., a Minor v. Sabrina Alex Salomon, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-rights-injunction due-process merits-inquiry procedural-standard younger-abstention 1. Whether Munaf v. Geren, 553 U.S. 674 (2008) requirement that courts consider the underlying merits—not merely jurisdictional questions—before absta…
25-418 United States, ex rel. USN4U, LLC v. Wolf Creek Federal Services, Inc., et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived None (1) Whether a district court must consider a qui tam relator's substantial commitment of time and money when weighing the Government's expected burden…
25-423 Daniel Jon Fouliard v. Wisconsin Wisconsin Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) bail-jumping brady-violation constitutional-rights due-process exculpatory-evidence free-speech 1) It is ideal for the Supreme Court to review Fouliardv. Wisconsin to clarify the constitutionality of "bail jumping" because non-violent, non-argume…
25-43 Freedom Foundation, a Washington Nonprofit Corporation v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 117, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-rights first-amendment janus-precedent section-1983 state-action union-dues Whether public-sector unions that invoke the aid of state officials to deduct union dues from a nonconsenting public-sector employee act "under color …
25-443 Ted Velleff v. Thomas J. Dart, Sheriff, Cook County, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived due-process fourteenth-amendment governmental-policy property-rights section-1983 state-remedies 1. Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment forbids the government from depriving individuals of personal property by applying a pol…
25-456 Capital Health Regional Medical Center, et al. v. New Jersey, et al. New Jersey Denied Response Waived constitutional-interpretation due-process economic-burden government-regulation physical-taking property-rights This case presents two important questions concerning protection of private property rights under the Fifth and Fourteen Amendments. These questions…
25-465 Timothy Barton v. Securities and Exchange Commission Fifth Circuit Pending Amici (10)Response RequestedResponse Waived asset-seizure constitutional-limits due-process equitable-relief fifth-circuit securities-law The United States Government brought parallel crim-inal and civil enforcement actions against Petitioner Tim-othy Barton, alleging violations of the s…
25-478 Christin Bilotti v. Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived None 1. May a federal court of appeals deviate from a question certified in a COA and affirm based on an alternative ruling that was not raised by the stat…
25-486 David Perez v. City and County of Denver, Colorado Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-remedies due-diligence eeoc-complaint fraud-of-court pro-se-litigation title-vii On June 3, 2019, the Supreme Court ruled that the precondition in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requiring employees to file a charge with …
25-505 Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp., et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived judicial-exceptions machine-learning patent-claims patent-eligibility preemption section-101 1. Whether the Federal Circuit's approach to patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 flouts this Court's instruction to consider preemption, as discu…
25-511 William Edward Williamson v. School Board of Chesapeake City, Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights evidentiary-standard fourth-circuit mcdonnell-douglas racial-discrimination summary-judgment 1. Whether the Fourth Circuit's application of a heightened and unprecedented evidentiary standard for proving racial discrimination against an Asian …
25-513 Adele Jeffords Pope v. South Carolina South Carolina Denied Response Waived contempt due-process estate-law first-amendment foia-request judicial-order 1. Whether the South Carolina Supreme Court's interpretation and enforcement of its 2015 Order violates the First Amendment. 2. Whether the South Car…
25-515 Michael Kail v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split fiduciary-duty honest-services-fraud jury-instructions kickback-scheme statutory-interpretation In Skilling v. United States, 561 U.S. 358 (2010), this Court held that 18 U.S.C. § 1346 covered only bribery and kickback schemes, expressly excludin…
25-519 Efrain Lora v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split constitutional-rights due-process government-concession preponderance-of-evidence sentencing After remand from this Court, Petitioner Efrain Lora was resentenced to thirty years in confinement because he supposedly directed a murder. But the G…
25-520 Alan Howell Parrot v. United States First Circuit Denied Response Waived assault-on-officer domicile-entry federal-statute jury-instruction law-enforcement mistake-of-fact In an Assault on an Officer prosecution brought pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 111, is a mistake of fact jury instruction warranted by virtue of United State…
25-525 Damion Anthony Delapena v. Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidence-suppression habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining 1. Does federal habeas petitioner make a "substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right" under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) where his trial at…
25-536 Robert G. Hicks, Individually and as Trustee of the Roberta Cherry Hicks Testamentary Trust v. City of Hopkinsville, Sewerage and Water Works Commission, dba Hopkinsville Water Environment Authority Kentucky Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment discretionary-review due-process eminent-domain jurisdiction state-court In an eminent domain proceding in state court involving non-residents, does a failure to cite or follow that state's own clear statutory and decisiona…
25-568 Jaime Rogozinski v. Reddit, Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived brand-identity intellectual-property platform-rights social-media trademark user-generated-content Who owns the trademark for a user-created online community on a social media platform: the social media platform that provides the technical infrastru…
25-575 Will McLemore, et al. v. Roxanna Gumucio, in Her Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Tennessee Auctioneer Commission, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived circuit-split first-amendment intermediate-scrutiny licensing-law professional-speech speech-conduct 1. Whether a burden on speech must be incidental merely because it is imposed by an occupational licensing law. 2. Whether a law that imposes inciden…
25-63 Judith Clinton v. Chad Babcock, et al. Rhode Island Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) None Whether a state's highest court violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment, demonstrating disparate t…
25-83 Adrian Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties, et al. Second Circuit Granted Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) arbitration-award diversity-jurisdiction federal-arbitration-act federal-question jurisdiction post-arbitration-application Under Sections 9 and 10 of the Federal Arbitration Act, a party may apply to confirm or vacate an arbitration award. But federal courts have limited j…
25-94 Angela DeBose v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2) administrative-error district-court judicial-procedure magistrate-judge motion-to-dismiss rule-65 (1) Whether the district court properly dismissed and closed the case if the Plaintiff-Petitioner filed in the wrong court, rather than transfer it …