advisory-opinion
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-169 | Clifford A. Lowe, et al. v. ShieldMark, Inc., et al. | Federal Circuit | 2025-08-12 | Denied | Response Waived | advisory-opinion alternative-ruling appellate-review dismissal-with-prejudice judicial-power subject-matter-jurisdiction | Whether a district court retains power to issue an alternative decision on the merits after dismissing a case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction,… |
| 23-7580 | Joseph Moraga v. Texas | Texas | 2024-05-29 | Denied | IFP | 4th-amendment advisory-opinion contemporaneous-to-arrest custodial-arrest fourth-amendment possession probable-cause reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-incident-to-arrest warrantless-search | Whether the warrantless search of luggage stored in a motel closet was valid as incident to arrest |
| 23-828 | Douglas B. Moylan, Attorney General of Guam v. Lourdes Leon Guerrero, Governor of Guam, et al. | Guam | 2024-02-01 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | advisory-opinion article-iv-court federal-courts guam judicial-authority justiciability organic-act separation-of-powers | Whether the Supreme Court of Guam's advisory opinion constitutes a permissible exercise of the 'judicial authority' that Congress has vested in that c… |
| 22-7099 | Dana Simmons v. Andrew Beshear, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2023-03-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 42-usc-1983 advisory-opinion civil-rights color-of-state-law constitutional-challenge due-process injunctive-relief section-1983 standing state-law summary-judgment | Whether lower federal courts may transpose a prima facie §1983 claim into a constitutional challenge not presented by the plaintiff's complaint |