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24-981 Structured Asset Sales, LLC v. Edward Christopher Sheeran, pka Ed Sheeran, et al. Second Circuit 2025-03-13 Denied agency-interpretation chevron-deference copyright-law first-impression legal-judgment second-circuit Did the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously abdicate its responsibility to decide legal questions by applying their own judgment by deferring …
24-690 Leslie E. Carr, et al. v. New York Division of Housing & Community Renewal, et al. New York 2024-12-30 Denied Response Waived administrative-deference agency-interpretation constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection state-courts Whether, under proper application of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, state courts should no longer mechanically defer to a state administrative …
24-536 M&T Farms v. Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-11-13 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-interpretation auer-deference farming-activity statutory-interpretation whole-farm-revenue-protection Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in upholding Auer deference to the FCIC's retroactive interpretation of coverage under the Whole-Farm Revenue Protecti…
24-270 Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-09-10 Denied administrative-law agency-interpretation line-extension medicaid-rebate new-drug-application statutory-construction Does a decision upholding an agency's statutory interpretation merely because it is 'perfectly sensible' comport with Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raim…
24-5429 Kemnorris Kinsey v. United States Second Circuit 2024-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-interpretation judicial-deference sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction Whether the administrative law principles set forth in Kisor v. Wilkie limit the deference owed to the United States Sentencing Commission's commentar…
24A101 Valley Hospital Medical Center, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board Ninth Circuit 2024-07-29 Presumed Complete administrative-law agency-interpretation chevron-deference loper-bright nlrb-decision retroactive-application Whether the Supreme Court's recent decision in Loper Bright Enterprises overturning Chevron deference should apply retroactively to National Labor Rel…
24A53 Nantucket Residents Against Turbines, et al. v. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, et al. First Circuit 2024-07-16 Presumed Complete administrative-law agency-interpretation chevron-deference endangered-species-act environmental-statutes loper-bright Whether the Supreme Court should apply its Loper Bright decision to review agency interpretations of environmental statutes and limit administrative d…
23-7513 Russell Foreman v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-interpretation circuit-split deference judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction united-states-sentencing-commission Whether the administrative law principles articulated in Kisor v. Wilkie limit the deference owed to the United States Sentencing Commission's comment…
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?
23-7122 James Alexander v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP agency-interpretation circuit-split judicial-deference kisor-standard kisor-v-wilkie regulatory-ambiguity sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. C…
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…
23-6526 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…
23-6500 Jimmy Lee Smart v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-interpretation auer-deference circuit-conflict criminal-sentencing federal-agencies judicial-deference kisor-standard regulatory-interpretation sentencing-guidelines Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. C…
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 …
23-715 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, …
23-693 Yi-Chi Shih, aka Yugi Shi, aka Yichi Shih v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-12-27 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure deference export-controls regulatory-interpretation skidmore-deference technical-regulations Whether district courts may give Skidmore deference to an agency's interpretation of its own technical regulations when offered by one of its represen…
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
23A497 KC Transport, Inc. v. Julie A. Su, Acting Secretary, Department of Labor, et al. District of Columbia 2023-12-01 Presumed Complete administrative-law agency-interpretation chevron-deference mine-safety national-cement-doctrine statutory-ambiguity Whether the National Cement doctrine of judicial remand for agency reinterpretation is unconstitutional and whether Chevron deference should be overru…
23-5875 Andres Vargas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-25 Denied IFP agency-interpretation auer-deference circuit-split federal-criminal-sentencing judicial-deference kisor-standard kisor-v-wilkie regulatory-ambiguity sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. C…
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…
22-360 Veteran Warriors, Inc., et al. v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied Amici (2) administrative-law agency-interpretation chevron-deference judicial-review pro-veteran-canon statutory-construction statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs Whether courts can defer to the construction of a statute by the Department of Veterans Affairs without first considering whether the statute permits …
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
21-1538 Cleveland County, North Carolina, aka Cleveland County Emergency Medical Services v. Sara B. Conner, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated. Fourth Circuit 2022-06-08 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedRelisted (2) agency-interpretation fair-labor-standards-act minimum-wage overtime-pay skidmore-deference skidmore-v-swift statutory-interpretation straight-time-wages whether-the-fair-labor-standards-act-allows-an-employee-to-sue-for-unpaid-straight-time-wages
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?
21-1215 Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-03-08 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment administrative-law agency-interpretation bump-stocks chevron-deference criminal-law criminal-statute firearms machinegun-definition rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation Whether the definition of 'machinegun' found in 26 U.S.C. §5845(b) is clear and unambiguous, and whether bump stocks meet that definition?
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?
21-528 Willie H. Goffney, Jr., et al. v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services Ninth Circuit 2021-10-08 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-interpretation civil-procedure due-process judicial-review medicare medicare-claims regulatory-deference regulatory-interpretation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the regulatory deference test set forth in Auer v. Robbins and Kisor v. Wilkie should be retired or revised to allow courts to interpret admin…
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…
21-234 Kevin R. George v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-08-17 Judgment Issued Amici (8)Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-interpretation clear-and-unmistakable-error clear-unmistakable-error disability-claim plain-meaning pro-veteran-system statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits When the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) denies a veteran's claim for benefits in reliance on an agency interpretation that is later deemed invali…
21-159 W. Clark Aposhian v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-08-04 Denied Amici (7)Relisted (21) administrative-law agency-interpretation agency-regulation chevron-deference constitutional-concerns criminal-law rule-of-lenity statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether courts should defer under Chevron to an agency interpretation of federal law when the federal government affirmatively disavows Chevron defere…
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 …
20-1178 Pacific Choice Seafood Company, et al. v. Gina M. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-interpretation chevron-deference commerce-secretary fishery-management quota-limits quota-shares statutory-interpretation Whether a court should defer, under Chevron, to an interpretation made by an advisory council that is not itself a federal agency, as part of that cou…
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
19-671 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…
19-435 SIH Partners LLLP, Explorer Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Third Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied administrative-law agency-interpretation chevron-deference circuit-split irs-regulation revenue-ruling statutory-interpretation tax-liability tax-regulation Whether the Third Circuit erred in deferring to the IRS regulation under Chevron
19-403 Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas v. Texas Fifth Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied Amici (2) agency-interpretation federal-indian-law fifth-circuit gaming gaming-prohibition gaming-regulation indian-gaming indian-gaming-regulatory-act multi-circuit-conflict national-indian-gaming-commission statutory-interpretation tribal-lands tribal-sovereignty trust-lands trust-statutes Whether IGRA authorizes gaming on tribal lands previously governed by trust statutes that prohibited gaming
19-295 Barbara Fawcett v. Citizens Bank, N.A. First Circuit 2019-09-04 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-guidance agency-interpretation auer-deference fair-and-considered-judgment judicial-review kisor-v-wilkie regulatory-construction regulatory-interpretation skidmore-deference statutory-construction Whether the court of appeals improperly afforded Auer deference to a federal agency's informal interpretation of a regulation
19-221 Michelle Valent v. Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security Sixth Circuit 2019-08-20 Dismissed Amici (3) administrative-law administrative-sanctions agency-interpretation chenery-doctrine chevron-deference civil-rights disability-benefits due-process social-security social-security-act statutory-conflict statutory-interpretation Whether the Commissioner of Social Security can impose monetary sanctions on a disability benefits recipient for failing to report unpaid volunteer wo…
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
19-68 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
18A1260 Unity HealthCare v. Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services Eighth Circuit 2019-06-04 Presumed Complete administrative-law agency-interpretation auer-deference judicial-review medicare-regulations volume-decrease-adjustment Whether federal courts must defer to an agency's reasonable interpretation of its own regulations under the Auer deference doctrine
18-717 PMCM TV, LLC v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2018-12-04 Denied Response Waived administrative-agency administrative-agency-interpretation administrative-law agency-interpretation cable-television-regulation chevron-deference constitutional-interpretation constitutional-power federal-judiciary federal-statutes statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Should courts continue to follow the Chevron policy of deferring to administrative agency interpretations of federal statutes?