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25A845 CAO Lighting, Inc. v. Wolfspeed, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2026-01-23 Application administrative-procedure agency-deference due-process federal-circuit patent-review summary-affirmance Question not identified.
25-879 American Gas Association, et al. v. Department of Energy, et al. District of Columbia 2026-01-22 Pending administrative-law agency-deference appliance-standards energy-policy performance-characteristics statutory-interpretation The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) prohibits the Department of Energy from adopting efficiency standards that ban consumer access to applia…
25-5964 Oladayo Oladokun v. United States Second Circuit 2025-10-27 Pending IFP agency-deference judicial-review notice-and-comment sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Sentencing Guidelines ' commentary promulgated without notice-and-comment rulemaking retains binding authority after Loper Light Ente…
25-369 United Natural Foods, Inc., dba United Natural Foods, Inc., and SuperValu, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board Fifth Circuit 2025-09-29 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference chevron-doctrine federal-officer-removal judicial-review statutory-interpretation Whether Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo permits judicial review of agency statutory interpretation and Chevron deference precedent
25-5656 Kara Sternquist, aka Cara Sandiego, aka Kara Withersea v. United States Second Circuit 2025-09-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP administrative-law agency-deference criminal-law gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional for permanently disarming citizens with remote, nonviolent prior felony convictions and whether ATF'…
25-227 Raymond Poore v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-08-27 Pending Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) administrative-law agency-deference circuit-split judicial-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction Whether the limits on agency deference announced in Kisor and Loper Bright constrain the deference courts may accord the Sentencing Commission's inter…
25-5114 Emiliano Nava Munoz v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-deference judicial-precedent legal-overruling statutory-interpretation supreme-court-doctrine Whether the Court's decision in Kisor v. Wilkie abrogated or overruled its earlier decision in Stinson v. United States
24-1312 James J. Decoulos v. Board of Registration of Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Professionals, et al. Massachusetts 2025-06-25 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference due-process fourteenth-amendment professional-disciplinary-proceeding statutory-interpretation Whether a state court violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment when it defers to a state agency's interpretation of statutes and re…
24-6848 Derek Steven Trumbull v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP agency-deference judicial-interpretation regulatory-ambiguity rule-of-lenity separation-of-powers statutory-construction Do the separation of powers and the canons of statutory construction, most fundamentally the rule of lenity, permit the judiciary to defer to an agenc…
24-6827 Charles Anthony Giovinco v. Caryn Flowers, Warden Second Circuit 2025-03-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP agency-deference concurrent-sentences first-step-act recidivism-reduction statutory-interpretation time-credits Whether a prisoner serving concurrent sentences for both eligible and ineligible offenses is eligible for First Step Act time credits under 18 U.S.C. …
24-971 Seafreeze Shoreside, Inc., et al. v. Department of the Interior, et al. First Circuit 2025-03-11 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference environmental-policy judicial-review offshore-energy statutory-interpretation Whether the First Circuit's decision improperly defers to agency interpretations of federal statutes in violation of recent Supreme Court precedent
24-767 Rieth-Riley Construction Company, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board Sixth Circuit 2025-01-17 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference nlrb-review presidential-power separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Does this Court's deferential standard of review for NLRB interpretations of the NLRA survive Loper Bright?
24-604 Xiaoqing Zheng v. United States Second Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied administrative-law agency-deference judicial-interpretation kisor-standard sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction Whether the limits on agency deference articulated in Kisor limit the deference owed to the United States Sentencing Commission's commentary on intend…
24-564 QYK Brands LLC, dba Glowyy v. Federal Trade Commission Ninth Circuit 2024-11-20 Denied administrative-law agency-deference chevron-doctrine federal-trade-commission judicial-review summary-judgment Whether in the post-Chevron era, a district court can issue a permanent lifetime ban through summary judgment by deferring to the FTC's interpretation…
24-5697 Frank Deville v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation District of Columbia 2024-10-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law agency-deference erisa judicial-review pension-benefits pro-se-litigation Whether the Court of Appeals correctly applied deference to PBGC's interpretations of ambiguous ERISA provisions and ignored substantial harm to the p…
24-311 Protect Our Parks, Inc., et al. v. Sean Duffy, Secretary of Transportation, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-09-19 Denied Relisted (2) agency-deference environmental-review federal-action nepa-compliance public-trust-doctrine segmentation Whether the Obama Presidential Center project constitutes a major federal action under environmental laws when roadwork is federally funded, and wheth…
24-5523 Calvin Carnell Edwards, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-deference constitutional-interpretation government-branches judicial-review sentencing-guidelines Whether the Kisor three-part test applies to agencies beyond the Executive Branch, including the United States Sentencing Commission
24-202 J.G. Kern Enterprises, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board District of Columbia 2024-08-23 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference judicial-review nlrb-precedent non-acquiescence statutory-interpretation Whether the NLRB is precluded from relying on vacated precedent and enforcing orders under its non-acquiescence doctrine following the Loper Bright de…
24A141 Mohammed Jibril, Individually and on Behalf of Their Minor Children Y.J. and O.J., et al. v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. District of Columbia 2024-08-07 Presumed Complete administrative-law agency-deference article-three-standing civil-rights dhs-trip terrorist-screening-dataset Whether individuals challenging government travel restrictions have Article III standing to pursue claims under the DHS Traveler Redress Inquiry Progr…
24-52 Gunes Biray v. Securities and Exchange Commission District of Columbia 2024-07-17 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-deference agency-discretion appellate-review arbitrary-and-capricious due-process sec-enforcement securities-law securities-regulation whistleblower-protection Does the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) possess absolute immunity from appellate scrutiny when it arbitrarily or capriciously …
23-7338 Damon Sean Bellis v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation circuit-split judicial-deference regulatory-ambiguity sentencing-guidelines stare-decisis statutory-interpretation Did Kisor abrogate Stinson's holding?
23-1069 Public Utilities Commission of Ohio v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. Third Circuit 2024-04-01 Denied administrative-law agency-action agency-deference energy-regulation federal-power-act ferc ferc-review judicial-deference majority-vote statutory-interpretation wholesale-electricity Should courts apply the same deferential standard of review that they apply to rules that become effective by order of the Federal Energy Regulatory C…
23-1038 Food and Drug Administration v. Wages and White Lion Investments, L.L.C., dba Triton Distribution, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-03-19 Judgment Issued Amici (17)Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-decision agency-deference arbitrary-and-capricious e-cigarettes fda-regulation interstate-commerce public-health tobacco-control tobacco-regulation Whether the court of appeals erred in setting aside FDA's denial orders as arbitrary and capricious
23A839 McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc., et al. v. McKesson Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-03-13 Presumed Complete agency-deference fcc-ruling hobbs-act judicial-review statutory-interpretation telephone-consumer-protection-act Whether the Hobbs Act requires district courts to categorically defer to FCC interpretations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act without independ…
23-6907 Tryton Alonzo Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-deference judicial-review kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, governs …
23-6855 William B. Hungerford, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-deference administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation criminal-prosecution due-process EB-5-investment-program fifth-circuit regulatory-interpretation regulatory-scheme standing Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in its affirmance of Petitioner William Hungerford's conviction by failing to properly account for the devastating har…
23-6746 Alexander Isaiah Perez v. Sandra Hijar, Warden Fifth Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-deference agency-discretion civil-rights due-process judicial-review notice-and-comment procedural-due-process regulatory-interpretation standing statutory-interpretation Did the district court's dismissal of the Petitioner's § 2241 petition, without opportunity to amend, violate the meaning and scope of the rule?
23A701 Martin Akerman v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit 2024-01-30 Presumed Complete agency-deference due-process employment-law national-security security-clearance whistleblower-protection Whether the Supreme Court should reconsider the Egan precedent regarding national security whistleblower protections and the scope of agency discretio…
23-6526 Larry Coates v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation auer-deference judicial-review kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the Sentencing Commission, when interpreting the Guidelines, should receive a more deferential version of Auer deference than all other federa…
23-6486 Schuyler Algernon Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation criminal-sentencing federal-courts judicial-deference kisor-standard kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-precedent Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, governs …
23-6485 Keaton Lamar Shaw v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-deference kisor-standard kisor-v-wilkie policy-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, governs …
23-736 Bernard Gadson v. United States First Circuit 2024-01-08 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-review loss-calculation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Does deference to the Sentencing Commission's commentary to USSG § 2B1.1, cmt. n.3(A), expanding the meaning of 'loss' to include 'intended loss,' vio…
23-715 Advocate Christ Medical Center, et al. v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services District of Columbia 2024-01-03 Judgment Issued Amici (4)Relisted (3) agency-deference agency-interpretation benefits-eligibility disproportionate-share-hospital hospital-payments low-income-patients medicare-part-a medicare-reimbursement ssi-benefits statutory-interpretation Whether the phrase 'entitled ... to benefits,' used twice in the same sentence of the Medicare Act, means the same thing for Medicare Part A and SSI, …
23-6312 Andre Reese v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie precedential-interpretation sentencing-guidelines stare-decisis statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether Kisor v. Wilkie applies to the commentary to the Sentencing Guidelines
23-494 MacNeil IP LLC v. Yita LLC Federal Circuit 2023-11-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law agency-deference appellate-procedure fact-finding judicial-review patent patent-law remand standard-of-review Whether the Federal Circuit erred in substituting its own findings of fact for those of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board instead of remanding as requ…
23-5908 Michael James Choulat v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-30 Denied IFP which expands the application of § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) agency-deference criminal-law drug-trafficking firearm-possession firearms sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Kisor's limits on courts' deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulation permitted deference to Comment 14(B), which expands th…
23-310 Cory Ratzloff v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-09-26 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation guidelines-commentary judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines stinson-v-united-states supreme-court-precedent united-states-sentencing-commission Whether the administrative law principles articulated in Kisor limit the deference owed to the United States Sentencing Commission's commentary on the…
23-236 Danco Laboratories, L.L.C. v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-09-12 Judgment Issued administrative-procedure-act administrative-record agency-deference article-iii-standing circuit-split fda-drug-approval judicial-review national-scope preliminary-injunction Whether an association can demonstrate Article III standing to enjoin a government action
22-1219 Relentless, Inc., et al. v. Department of Commerce, et al. First Circuit 2023-06-16 Judgment Issued Amici (14)Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-deference agency-power chevron chevron-deference federal-observers fishery-management magnuson-stevens-act marine-fisheries regulatory-interpretation statutory-interpretation Whether the Court should overrule Chevron or at least clarify that statutory silence concerning controversial powers expressly but narrowly granted el…
22-845 Robert Thornton v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-03-07 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-deference due-process duty-to-assist judicial-notice judicial-review statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits Whether the presumption of regularity violates due process
22-714 Harry C. Calcutt, III v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Sixth Circuit 2023-02-01 Denied Amici (6)Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-deference agency-review circuit-split civil-procedure due-process judicial-remand remand removal-restrictions standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether SEC v. Chenery Corp. and its progeny required the Sixth Circuit to remand the case to the agency after determining that the agency had applied…
22-708 Gripum, LLC v. Food and Drug Administration Seventh Circuit 2023-01-30 Denied administrative-agencies administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-deference conflicts-of-interest evidentiary-requirements fda-guidance judicial-deference judicial-review regulatory-conflict tobacco-control-act What level of judicial deference is afforded to administrative agencies with conflicts of interest?
22-645 Blanca Telephone Company v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-01-11 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference appellate-mandates appellate-procedure civil-procedure compliance due-process false-statements federal-agencies judicial-deference judicial-review Whether federal agencies are exempted from the rule requiring strict compliance with appellate mandates
22-605 Military-Veterans Advocacy Inc. v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-01-03 Denied administrative-law agency-deference mootness Munsingwear SEC-v-Chenery vacatur Whether under the United States v. Munsingwear 340 U.S. 36 (1950) the Court should grant certiorari and vacate the decisions below in this case that b…
22-6264 Randall Eddie Mellon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-09 Denied IFP administrative-law agency-deference auer-deference circuit-split judicial-review relevant-conduct seminole-rock-deference sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Kisor constrains the deference courts may accord to the commentary to the Sentencing Guidelines
22-479 Steven Onysko v. Martin J. Walsh, Secretary of Labor, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-11-21 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act agency-deference circuit-court-conflicts circuit-court-review safe-drinking-water-act standard-of-review summary-judgment whistleblower-protection Whether the Tenth Circuit applied the wrong standard of review under the Administrative Procedure Act
22-262 Berkley V. Walker v. BOKF, National Association, dba Bank of Albuquerque, N.A. Tenth Circuit 2022-09-20 Denied Response Waived 12-cfr-7.4001 administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation auer-deference judicial-review national-bank-act overdraft-fees regulatory-interpretation statutory-interpretation Whether extended overdraft fees are 'interest' under the National Bank Act
22-163 Lenair Moses v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-08-23 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law agency-deference auer-deference criminal-law judicial-interpretation kisor-v-wilkie precedential-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the limits on agency deference announced in Kisor constrain the deference that courts may accord to the commentary to the Sentencing Guideline…
22-90 NGL Supply Wholesale, L.L.C. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2022-07-29 Denied Amici (1) administrative-law agency-deference auer-deference chevron-deference federal-energy-regulatory-commission judicial-review precedent-analysis regulatory-interpretation statutory-interpretation Did the D.C. Circuit err in deferring to FERC's interpretation of its own precedent?
22-54 William A. Goddard v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit 2022-07-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law agency-deference irs-regulations kisor-v-wilkie partnership-audits partnership-election regulatory-interpretation tax-interpretation tax-procedure tefra tefra-audit Whether a court can give deference to an agency's regulatory interpretation without considering the limitations on agency deference set out in Kisor v…
21-1417 Vaughn Hoeflin Standley v. Department of Energy Federal Circuit 2022-05-04 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-deference agency-interpretation congressional-budget congressional-oversight evidence evidentiary-standard legislative-intent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Should not an agency's Congressional budget justifications be considered compelling evidence of the agency's belief?
21-7756 Robert James Swint v. Robert R. Redfield, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-04-29 Dismissed IFP administrative-law agency-deference appellate-review civil-procedure remand standard-of-review Whether the district court's remand to the agency constitutes a waiver of de novo review by the district court of the agency's decision on appeal
21-1139 Daikin Industries, Ltd., et al. v. The Chemours Company FC, LLC Federal Circuit 2022-02-16 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act agency-deference appellate-review factual-determination factual-review judicial-review remand separation-of-powers Whether a federal appellate court may reverse an administrative agency's decision on a factual ground not addressed by the agency, without a remand to…
21-7077 Catherine Kurkjian v. Christine Wormuth, Secretary of the Army Federal Circuit 2022-02-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law agency-deference agency-obligations bad-faith-doctrine civil-procedure contract-interpretation contract-law contract-reprisal government-contracts lost-profits statutory-compliance statutory-interpretation Whether a Court can neglect the legal and statutory obligations of an agency to adhere to a signed contract and the referenced clauses
21-7070 Anderson Curtel Duke v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP agency-deference agency-interpretation attempt-crimes circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines stare-decisis stinson-v-united-states Should courts defer to Sentencing-Guidelines-commentary when there is no ambiguity in the underlying-text?
21-826 K. John Corrigan, et al. v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-12-03 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference bureau-of-land-management chevron-doctrine federal-land-policy-and-management-act grazing-preference judicial-review statutory-interpretation taylor-grazing-act Whether the Ninth Circuit correctly held that statutory silence on the issue before the court can be unambiguous for purposes of the Chevron doctrine
21-5714 Jayren Jakar Wynn v. United States Second Circuit 2021-09-21 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP agency-deference agency-interpretation circuit-precedent controlled-substance-offense guideline-commentary inchoate-offenses kisor-deference kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines Whether a circuit court may properly rely on circuit precedent predating Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. Ct. 2400 (2019), to hold, contrary to Kisor, that the…
21-61 CHS-Glenwell Inc., et al. v. Ohio Department of Medicaid Ohio 2021-07-16 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference due-process federal-preemption federal-regulation judicial-deference judicial-review medicaid-agency medicare state-medicaid Is a state Medicaid agency entitled to deference in judicial review of the agency's interpretation of an unambiguous, inapplicable federal Medicare re…
21-2 K. Wendell Lewis, et al. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation District of Columbia 2021-07-02 Denied administrative-law agency-deference chevron-deference erisa fiduciary-duty pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation pension-benefits plan-termination statutory-interpretation Has the D.C. Circuit improperly extended Chevron deference to PBGC's construction of ambiguous statutory provisions in informal, non-binding adjudicat…
20-1776 Owen Marlon Alexander v. Breaking Ground, et al. Second Circuit 2021-06-23 Denied administrative-procedure agency-deference civil-procedure civil-rights double-jeopardy due-process guardianship immigration-law intervention public-charge rule-making standing Whether States with interests should be permitted Question not identified
20-1662 William B. Trescott v. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-05-28 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment administrative-law agency-deference agency-rulemaking chevron-deference due-process interstate-commerce professional-judgment Is it Constitutional for a court to defer to a person lacking professional experience under Chevron-vs-NRDC-Inc
20-1532 Diana Garvey v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-05-04 Denied administrative-law agency-deference agency-regulation chevron-deference judicial-review plain-meaning statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits willful-misconduct Whether the Secretary's regulation redefines the statutory definition of 'veteran' in an impermissible manner
20-1292 Parts Galore L.L.C., et al. v. Jacqueline Harrison Sixth Circuit 2021-03-17 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation americans-with-disabilities-act auer-deference chevron-deference federal-courts judicial-review regulatory-guidance statutory-interpretation Should this Court overrule Kisor v. Wilkie, Auer v. Robbins and Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co. and direct federal courts to stop giving deference …
20-7387 Vaughn Lewis v. United States First Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP agency-deference career-offender controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense deference inchoate-offenses sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Whether the commentary can add conspiracy and other inchoate offenses not included in the guideline definition of 'controlled substance offense'
20-1190 Richard D. Simmons v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-02-26 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived administrative-law agency-action agency-deference article-1-legislative-power chenery-doctrine chenery-rule constitutional-delegation due-process judicial-review prejudicial-error Must a court, when taking due account of the rule of prejudicial error on review of agency action, comport with Chenery?
20-1113 American Hospital Association, et al. v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services District of Columbia 2021-02-12 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-action agency-deference chevron-deference civil-procedure judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether Chevron deference applies to a statutory interpretation question that determines both the lawfulness of agency action and the court's jurisdic…
20-1057 Oracle America, Inc. v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit 2021-02-03 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law administrative-record agency-deference bid-protest conflicts-of-interest criminal-statute federal-law harmless-error procurement procurement-law Whether a bid protest that establishes a violation of federal law may be denied for 'harmless error' based on a rationale not present in the administr…
20-836 Marcus Broadway v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-12-22 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) agency-deference due-process judicial-interpretation kisor-v-wilkie rule-of-lenity sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines stinson-deference Whether courts owe deference to the Sentencing Commission's commentary when it expands the scope of the Sentencing Guidelines
20-753 Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation v. Yakima County, Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-12-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) agency-deference consent criminal-jurisdiction federal-indian-law federal-jurisdiction indian-country indian-law public-law-280 public-safety retrocession statutory-interpretation tribal-sovereignty Can the United States change the scope of its reassumption of Pub. L. 83-280 jurisdiction in Indian Country years after the reassumption became effect…
20-579 Zimmian Tabb v. United States Second Circuit 2020-11-02 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) administrative-law agency-deference criminal-law guidelines-commentary judicial-interpretation regulatory-ambiguity sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Whether courts may defer to Sentencing Guidelines commentary without first determining that the underlying Guideline is genuinely ambiguous
20-29 Sara Discepolo v. Department of Justice District of Columbia 2020-07-16 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference civil-procedure de-novo-review discovery-rights foia-review freedom-of-information-act judicial-presumption national-security presumption-of-good-faith summary-judgment Are the courts violating the FOIA and its mandate to conduct de novo review by applying the presumption in cases which have nothing to do with nationa…
19-1348 Alfred Bourgeois, et al. v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. District of Columbia 2020-06-09 Denied Amici (2) administrative-law agency-deference agency-rule capital-case death-penalty execution-protocol federal-death-penalty-act federal-law notice-and-comment procedural-rule statutory-interpretation Whether the phrase 'prescribed by the law of the State' in 18 U.S.C. § 3596(a) includes those procedures that state law requires state officials to es…
19-1231 Federal Communications Commission, et al. v. Prometheus Radio Project, et al. Third Circuit 2020-04-20 Judgment Issued Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference arbitrary-and-capricious broadcast-media competition cross-ownership-restrictions fcc fcc-ownership-rules market-competition market-conditions regulatory-review telecommunications-act telecommunications-act-1996 telecommunications-act-of-1996 viewpoint-diversity Whether the court of appeals erred in vacating as arbitrary and capricious the FCC orders under review, which, among other things, relaxed the agency'…
19-1203 Children's Hospital Association of Texas, et al. v. Alex M. Azar, II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. District of Columbia 2020-04-09 Denied Amici (4) administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation chevron-deference disproportionate-share-hospital medicaid medicaid-reimbursement regulatory-policy statutory-interpretation supplemental-payments Whether an agency may receive Chevron deference when it erroneously denies that its current interpretation marks a change in position
19-7465 Jose Antonio Contreras v. Washington Washington 2020-01-28 Denied IFP administrative-law agency-deference civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review patent procedural-rights racial-discrimination standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether the court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
19-835 Valero Energy Corporation, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency District of Columbia 2020-01-02 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-deference agency-discretion annual-rulemaking clean-air-act epa-rulemaking judicial-review point-of-obligation renewable-fuel-standard Whether EPA must consider the appropriateness of the point of obligation in each annual renewable fuel standard rulemaking
19-671 Daniel A. Grover v. Office of Personnel Management Federal Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied Response Waived administrative-deference administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-deference agency-interpretation civil-procedure civil-service due-process federal-regulations regulatory-compliance statutory-interpretation ultra-vires Whether the deference standard regarding federal agencies' interpretation of their own regulations must continue in light of the admission by the Offi…
19-6436 Bharanidharan Padmanabhan v. Drug Enforcement Administration District of Columbia 2019-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 10th-amendment administrative-law agency-deference controlled-substances controlled-substances-act due-process federal-agencies individual-rights liberty-interest property-interest state-authority state-law tenth-amendment Are federal agencies exempt from complying with the Tenth Amendment such that they can deem State law 'irrelevant' and violate the individual rights o…
19-402 Howard L. Baldwin, et ux. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied Amici (6)Relisted (4) administrative-law agency-deference brand-x-doctrine common-law common-law-mailbox-rule stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tax tax-refund Should Brand X be overruled?
19-271 Catherine Stouffer, et al. v. Union Pacific Railroad Company Texas 2019-08-30 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference federal-agency-deference federal-highway-administration federal-preemption federal-railroad-administration federal-regulations railroad-safety regulatory-interpretation state-federal-agreement state-law-claims state-railroad-agreement state-railroad-agreements warning-time Should FRA regulations be interpreted in concert with FHWA regulations to enforce safety standards in 'State-railroad agreements,' rather than 'suppla…
19-5597 Randall B. Lord v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-deference agency-discretion agency-regulation bitcoin-exchange chevron-deference civil-procedure due-process money-transmission plain-error regulatory-deference statutory-interpretation Is it a plain error for the District Court to defer to an agency's regulation before identifying ambiguity in the plain meaning of a statute?
19-181 Lance Patterson v. Indiana Family and Social Services Administration Indiana 2019-08-09 Denied administrative-interpretation agency-deference federal-law federal-regulation garnished-income garnishment income-calculation income-received medicaid medicaid-liability nursing-home nursing-home-payment state-agency-deference Whether a state Medicaid agency must include garnished income in 'income received' when calculating a nursing home resident's liability
19-134 Blanca Telephone Company v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-07-29 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation agency-reconsideration auer-deference chevron-deference civil-procedure due-process exhaustion jurisdiction jurisdictional-review statutory-interpretation takings universal-service-fund Whether Chevron and Auer required the appellate court to accord absolute deference to the Government's conflicting jurisdictional statements
19-132 Lawrence I. Fejokwu v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Third Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law agency-deference agency-delegation civil-rights due-process regulatory-enforcement regulatory-investigation self-regulatory-organization strict-liability willfulness Willfulness & Good-faith
19-68 Unity HealthCare v. Alex M. Azar, II, Secretary of Health and Human Services Eighth Circuit 2019-07-12 Denied administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation auer-deference civil-procedure judicial-review kisor-v-wilkie medicare medicare-regulations statutory-interpretation volume-decrease-adjustment Whether federal courts must defer to an agency's reasonable interpretation of its own regulations
18-1144 Natural Alternatives International, Inc. v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2019-03-05 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference agency-guidance federal-circuit intellectual-property judicial-review patent-law patent-trial-and-appeal-board patent-trial-and-appeals-board priority property-law property-rights trips Did the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit err in analyzing rulings by the Patent Trial and Appeals Board
18-983 City of Mackinac Island, Michigan, et al. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission District of Columbia 2019-01-29 Denied administrative-law agency-deference chenery-doctrine federal-power-act judicial-review regulatory-agency retroactive-rate-increase retroactive-rate-increases statutory-construction Does the prohibition against retroactive rate increases set forth in Section 206(a) of the Federal Power Act foreclose a judicially created exception …
18-7355 Michael R. Haynes v. Oregon Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-deference civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-review opinion order record standing Whether the record shows that the respondents deviated from the applicable legal standards
18-853 United Parcel Service, Inc. v. Postal Regulatory Commission District of Columbia 2019-01-04 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-deference agency-discretion chevron-deference cost-attribution institutional-costs package-delivery postal-accountability-and-enhancement-act postal-regulatory-commission postal-service statutory-interpretation Should this Court reconsider the doctrine of Chevron deference?
18-7153 J. E., aka J. E. C. v. Oregon Department of Human Services Oregon 2018-12-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP agency-deference agency-discretion chevron-doctrine civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment human-services parental-rights standing Did the Supreme Court of Oregon have the opportunity to consider every possible situation which might arise from a Termination of Parental Rights?
18-446 City of Taunton, Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency First Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) agency-deference causation causation-standard chevron-deference clean-water-act due-process effluent-limitations narrative-criteria npdes npdes-permit Whether the Clean Water Act and NPDES rules require a demonstration of causation beyond a 'mere possibility' to impose more restrictive effluent limit…
18-15 James L. Kisor v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2018-07-02 Judgment Issued Amici (33) administrative-law agency-deference ambiguous-regulation civil-procedure due-process judicial-review regulatory-interpretation retroactive-benefits statutory-interpretation substantive-canons veterans-benefits Whether the Court should overrule Auer and Seminole Rock