| 25-638 |
Zhongxiao Michael Chen v. Michigan State University |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-12-04 |
Denied |
circuit-split civil-procedure electronic-filing in-forma-pauperis prima-facie rule-12b6 |
1. Whether a civil action is "commenced " under
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 3 when a complaint is
electronically delivered and date -stamped by … |
| 23-7499 |
Russell William Tucker v. North Carolina |
North Carolina |
2024-05-17 |
Denied |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky burden-of-proof disparate-treatment equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-strikes prima-facie-case prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination |
Whether the Supreme Court of North Carolina was free to reject evidence of disparate treatment and impose on Petitioner the crippling burden of showin… |
| 23-996 |
Jeanna Norris, et al. v. Samuel L. Stanley, Jr., in His Official Capacity as President of Michigan State University, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-03-12 |
Denied |
bodily-autonomy civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-scrutiny due-process heightened-scrutiny jacobson-v-massachusetts medical-treatment public-health vaccine-mandate |
Whether Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905), when read in light of this Court's later acknowledgment that the right to refuse treatment is '… |
| 23A602 |
Jeanna Norris, et al. v. Samuel L. Stanley, Jr., in His Official Capacity as President of Michigan State University, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-01-02 |
Presumed Complete |
bodily-autonomy covid-vaccine-mandate due-process fourteenth-amendment jacobson-precedent rational-basis-review |
Whether the Supreme Court's precedent in Jacobson v. Massachusetts remains valid for evaluating vaccine mandates in light of subsequent due process ju… |
| 22-387 |
James Edward White v. Michigan State University Unemployment Compensation Division |
Michigan |
2022-10-25 |
Denied |
14th-amendment 9th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-rules justice legal-counsel ninth-amendment right-to-petition |
Does the Ninth Amendment guarantee certain rights? |
| 22-93 |
Michigan State University, et al. v. Sophia Balow, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-08-01 |
Denied |
athletic-opportunities circuit-split education-amendments-1972 educational-discrimination equal-athletic-opportunity federal-financial-assistance gender-equity proportionality-test sex-discrimination substantial-proportionality title-ix |
Whether, in determining compliance with Title IX and the substantial proportionality rule, the athletic participation gap between male and female stud… |
| 21A826 |
Michigan State University, et al. v. Sophia Balow, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-06-15 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 20-10 |
Emily Kollaritsch, et al. v. Michigan State University Board of Trustees, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-07-10 |
Denied |
circuit-split civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process federal-funding sexual-harassment student-harassment student-liability title-ix |
Whether Davis's 'vulnerability' prong requires plaintiffs to prove additional, post-notice sexual harassment to state a claim for damages under Title … |
| 19-7936 |
James Zavaglia v. Boston University School of Medicine |
First Circuit |
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
administrative-law but-for-causation causation-standard chevron-deference civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination family-medical-leave-act fmla-interference jury-trial medical-leave motivating-factor reeves-v-sanderson retaliation standing summary-judgment |
Whether the lower courts are correct to apply Nassar to FMLA cases |