burrage-causation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
20-7426 Rubin L. Williams v. Ohio Ohio 2021-03-11 Denied IFP burrage-causation burrage-v-united-states but-for-causation criminal-law drug-related-death involuntary-manslaughter mixed-drug-overdose state-cases Can a conviction of involuntary manslaughter stand, when cause of death is a Mixed drug overdose and the accused is charged with only one of the contr…
18-5678 Lee Andrew Paul v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-circuit burrage-causation burrage-v-united-states causation commerce-clause commerce-clause-authority commercial-sex-trafficking constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute-construction eighth-circuit-interpretation statutory-elements statutory-interpretation Whether the Eight Circuit's decision conflicts with Burrage v. United States regarding causation