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25A472 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, a Japanese Corporation, et al. v. Painters & Allied Trades District Council 82 Health Care Fund, third-party healthcare payor fund, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-10-24 Application causation class-certification individualized-damages injury-requirement rico-claim third-party-payor Whether a class action under Rule 23(b)(3) can be certified for a RICO claim when individual plaintiffs cannot demonstrate uniform injury or causation…
25A229 Allen Michael Sherrill v. Michigan Michigan 2025-08-27 Presumed Complete causation criminal-homicide due-process intent involuntary-manslaughter sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the defendant's conviction for involuntary manslaughter violated due process when the evidence was insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable d…
24-1174 Chelsea A. Hamilton v. David Steiner, Postmaster General Fifth Circuit 2025-05-15 Denied Response Waived causation civil-rights employment-discrimination retaliation supreme-court-precedent title-vi Did the Fifth Circuit err in affirming the dismissal of Hamilton's Title VI retaliation claim by improperly requiring proof of causation inconsistent …
24-620 Jaime H. Pizarro, et al. v. The Home Depot, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-06 Dismissed CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) burden-shifting causation erisa fiduciary-duty statutory-interpretation trust-law Whether burden-shifting applies to the element of causation under ERISA's fiduciary enforcement provisions
24-527 Emory D. Christian v. Rancho Grande Manufactured Home Community, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-11-08 Denied Response Waived causation civil-rights constitutional-intent judicial-discretion procedural-law rule-12b6 Whether lower district courts have unconstrained discretion to dismiss civil rights complaints at the 12(b)(6) stage based on flawed interpretations o…
24-427 Ronald Hittle v. City of Stockton, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-10-16 Denied Amici (10)Relisted (5) burden-shifting causation employment-discrimination motivating-factor supreme-court-precedent title-vii Whether the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework requires a plaintiff to disprove an employer's proffered reason for adverse employment action …
24-5491 Phile Andra Watson v. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General Fifth Circuit 2024-09-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP adverse-action causation employment-discrimination mixed-motive retaliation title-vii Whether Title VII's retaliation provision requires but-for causation or mixed-motive standard for proving employment discrimination
24-67 Tammie L. Terrell v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-19 Denied Response Waived age-discrimination-in-employment-act burden-of-proof but-for-causation causation differential-treatment employment-discrimination federal-employment personnel-action retaliation title-vii Whether differential treatment must contribute to the ultimate decision
24-49 James E. Hitch v. The Frick Pittsburgh Third Circuit 2024-07-16 Denied adverse-action burden-of-proof causation civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination employment employment-law retaliation Whether James E. Hitch has proven a claim for retaliation under the 'but for' causation test?
24-5069 Phile Andra Watson v. FedEx Express Fifth Circuit 2024-07-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP ada-discrimination americans-with-disabilities-act but-for-causation causation causation-standard congressional-intent disability-discrimination disability-rights employment-law motivating-factor What is the appropriate standard for determining causation under the ADA?
23-1283 Doris Lapham v. Walgreen Co. Eleventh Circuit 2024-06-07 Denied Response Waived adverse-employment-action causation causation-standard circuit-split department-of-labor department-of-labor-regulation employment-law employment-retaliation family-medical-leave-act fmla retaliation Whether 29 U.S.C. § 2615(a)(1) prohibits an employer from retaliating against an employee who has exercised her rights under the FMLA
23-1138 Angela Williams, et al. v. Joseph Lombardo, Governor of Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-19 Denied Response Waived 13th-amendment article-iii-standing causation civil-procedure civil-rights government-liability section-1983 standing thirteenth-amendment trafficking-victims-protection-act Whether codefendants in a lawsuit can be treated as independent third parties not before the court for purposes of Article III standing traceability
23A924 Waples Mobile Home Park Limited Partnership, et al. v. Jose Dagoberto Reyes, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-04-16 Presumed Complete causation disparate-impact fair-housing-act housing-discrimination policy-challenge statistical-evidence Whether the Fair Housing Act's disparate-impact theory requires a robust causal connection between a challenged policy and discriminatory effects, and…
23-874 Impossible X LLC v. Impossible Foods Inc. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied causation civil-procedure declaratory-judgment declaratory-relief due-process forum-contacts personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction trademark-noninfringement Does Ford create a categorical rule that specific jurisdiction does not require any link between the defendant's forum contacts and the plaintiff's in…
23-252 United States, ex rel. Michelle Calderon v. Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC Seventh Circuit 2023-09-15 Denied Response Waived appellate-review causation civil-penalties civil-procedure due-process false-claims-act materiality summary-judgment Did the Appellate Panel erroneously uphold the granting of summary judgment in favor of Respondent in finding no evidence of causation for a jury to c…
23-5587 Daniel Carrington v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof causation controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law death-causation due-process proximate-cause reasonable-doubt statutory-interpretation Whether the Court's decision in United States v. Burrage created a bright line rule on proof of proximate cause
23-5453 Pedro Ramirez-Urbina v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment alien-smuggling burden-of-proof causation causation-standard criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sentence-enhancement sixth-amendment Whether the Fifth or Sixth Amendments prohibit conduct for which Ramirez was acquitted from being used to enhance his sentence for alien-smuggling
22-1211 Uvaldo Guzman v. Skinner C. Sturgis, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-06-14 Denied Response Waived causation causation-element civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process government-officials retaliation retaliation-claim subjective-intent taunts Whether government officials' statements of intent to continue violating an individual's constitutional rights can establish subjective intent for del…
22-7683 Michael Dewayne Alfred v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2259 causal-role causation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing restitution sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum victim-compensation Whether the district court's restitution order exceeds the statutory maximum under 18 U.S.C. § 2259(b)(2) when it fails to consider the measure of los…
22-7512 Eric Scott Kindley v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2412 causation civil-rights constitutional-error criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process false-evidence government-agents judicial-review jury-unanimity Whether the jury needs to be unanimous, to decide on elements that are the causation of deprivation under 18 USC 2412, and whether specifically instru…
22-7250 Willie T. Washington v. University of Texas Medical Branch, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-04-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP causation exhaustion informed-consent medical-malpractice relief-claim statute-of-limitations surgical-procedure unnecessary-surgery Question not identified
22-809 Texas State LULAC, et al. v. Lupe C. Torres, in Her Official Capacity as the Medina County Elections Administrator, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-02-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) causation circuit-split first-amendment government-act injury mens-rea self-censorship standing Whether a plaintiff must show that a challenged government act is the sole cause of its injury to have standing
22-482 Kevin Kerveng Tung, P.C., et al. v. Janet Yijuan Fou New Jersey 2022-11-21 Denied Relisted (2) attorney-fees causation causation-damages constitutional-rights damages due-process jury-award legal-malpractice Whether the Petitioner's constitutional right to due process was violated
22-197 Yvonne T. Massaro v. New York City Department of Education, et al. Second Circuit 2022-09-02 Denied Response Waived adea age-discrimination burlington-northern causation causation-standard continuing-violation discrete-acts employment-retaliation hostile-work-environment pattern-and-practice retaliation Whether the Burlington Northern standard applies to ADEA retaliatory-harassment-claims
21-8116 Demarco Tempo v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP but-for-causation causation criminal-law death-enhancement drug-statute due-process jury-instructions pinkerton-liability proximate-cause sentencing statutory-interpretation Should the government be required to prove proximate cause in addition to but-for causation for the 'death results' enhancement in 21 U.S.C. § 841?
21-7770 Crystal Jackson v. Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel Second Circuit 2022-05-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 7th-amendment causation civil-procedure employment-discrimination mixed-motive retaliation seventh-amendment summary-judgment title-vii trial-by-jury Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has decided an important question of federal law in a way that conflicts with releva…
21-7759 Mikkel McKinnie v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 8th-amendment burrage-precedent causation drug-offense drug-related-death due-process guideline-range sentencing sentencing-reasonableness upward-variance Whether the Lower Courts Erred in Not Applying the Court's Precedent in Burrage v. United States
21-1231 Priscilla Lefebure v. Samuel D'Aquilla, Individually and in His Official Capacity as District Attorney Fifth Circuit 2022-03-10 Denied Amici (4) article-iii-standing causation civil-rights damages discriminatory-policy district-attorney due-process equal-protection sexual-assault standing Whether a rape victim has Article III standing to sue for damages
21-6915 Maxwell Gaffney v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof causation criminal-law criminal-statute drug-distribution drug-trafficking federal-law foreseeability judicial-review jury-instructions proximate-cause sentencing Whether the enhanced penalty provision of 21 U.S.C. §841(b)(1)(C) requires a showing of proximate causation
21-733 Clyde Dandridge v. Walmart Stores, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-17 Denied Response Waived burden-shifting causation civil-rights eeoc eeoc-charge employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas retaliation title-vii Does a petitioner who files an EEOC charge and asserts a claim of retaliatory discrimination for engaging in protected activities under the anti-retal…
21-6177 Richard Leroy Parker v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP and whether complying with that order is valid co causation civil-rights consent due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement medical-examiner seizure Whether a law enforcement officer's order to 'just kinda stay here' results in a seizure under the Fourth Amendment, and whether complying with that o…
21-6111 Jonas Ross, III v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP burrage-standard burrage-v-united-states but-for-causation causation circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law drug-distribution eighth-circuit evidence Whether the Eighth Circuit's conclusion that Mr. Ross distributed the controlled substance that resulted in the death of K.P. is in conflict with Burr…
21-598 Dipankar Chandra v. Leonardo DRS, Inc., et al. Texas 2021-10-25 Denied Response Waived causation civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction statute-of-limitations summary-judgment TWCA-claim Whether the courts below erred in their application of the federal and Texas summary judgment standards, the TWCA claim, and the statute of limitation…
21-5661 Raymond Moya v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP causation causation-of-death criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution evidence evidence-suppression expert-testimony motion-in-limine motion-to-dismiss Whether the District Court erred in denying Moya's Motion to Dismiss Count 2
21-5595 Jovan Marquis Harris v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP burrage-standard burrage-v-united-states causation criminal-law criminal-statute drug-crimes drug-distribution due-process overdose proximate-cause sentencing sentencing-enhancement whether-the-enhanced-penalty-for-death-resulting-from-use-of-a-substance-requires-proof-of-proximate-cause
21-136 Melanie Pelcha v. Watch Hill Bank Sixth Circuit 2021-08-02 Denied adea age-discrimination but-for-causation but-for-test causal-standard causation employment employment-law summary-judgment workplace-termination Does the ADEA require proving age was the sole reason for termination?
21-5208 Samuel W. Wani v. George Fox University, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion causation discovery discovery-violation expert-testimony fair-trial insurance-policy medical-malpractice medical-records standard-of-care Wani's failure to provide expert testimony regarding the standard of care and causation
20-1715 Denise Taylor-Travis v. Jackson State University Fifth Circuit 2021-06-11 Denied Response Waived causation causation-standard civil-rights due-process jury-instructions privacy-rights public-records-act retaliation title-ix Whether the jury instruction on the causation standard for a Title IX retaliation claim was erroneous
20-7632 Shannon D. Hixon v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP causation criminal-law criminal-statute death-results drug-overdose drug-trafficking due-process foreseeable-result jury-instruction jury-instructions sentencing Whether a defendant may be convicted under the 'death results' provision of 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) without instructing the jury that it must decide …
20-1061 Dantzler, Inc., et al. v. S2 Services Puerto Rico, LLC, et al. First Circuit 2021-02-03 Denied article-iii-standing causation circuit-split federal-court federal-jurisdiction injury judicial-standing standing third-party third-party-action Does the causal connection required for standing exist when it is substantially likely that a third party will respond to the defendant's conduct in a…
20-6563 Isaiah Devon Stallworth v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals causation civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process federal-courts fourth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard petitioner standing Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by concluding that Petitioner failed to make the requisite showing to receive a COA, when two other Circuits have rul…
20-6108 Antoine Washington v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 burrage-precedent burrage-v-united-states but-for but-for-causation causation causation-standard criminal-law drug-sentencing forensic-pathology statutory-interpretation Whether the 'special rule' exception to but-for causation is inapplicable to a 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) enhancement
20-199 George Charles Clark v. Inco Champion National Security, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2020-08-20 Denied ada-disability-discrimination ada-discrimination causation circuit-conflict direct-evidence disability-accommodation employment-termination reasonable-accommodation retaliation summary-judgment What is the standard under the ADA applicable to firing an employee for conduct caused by a disability?
20-58 Anita Smith v. Vestavia Hills Board of Education Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-24 Denied but-for-causation causation causation-standard civil-rights discrimination-claim motivating-factor pleading summary-judgment title-vii Is a Title VII plaintiff required to meet the but-for causation standard to survive summary judgment?
19-1436 Denise DeMartini v. Town of Gulf Stream, Florida Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-30 Denied 42-usc-1983 causation civil-lawsuit civil-litigation civil-rights first-amendment first-amendment-retaliation municipal-liability probable-cause retaliation section-1983 Did the Eleventh Circuit err in importing a 'lack of probable cause' requirement for a First Amendment retaliation claim under 42 U.S.C § 1983 arising…
19-1400 Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, LLC v. State of Florida, Agency for Health Care Administration Florida 2020-06-23 Denied administrative-law causation due-process license-revocation licensure-revocation mitigating-evidence notice opportunity-to-be-heard strict-liability substantial-causes Does the refusal to consider causation, substantial causes, and mitigating evidence—central to this licensure revocation—violate the Due Process Claus…
19-8158 Lucas Heindenstrom v. United States First Circuit 2020-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 causation causation-standard fentanyl fentanyl-death harmless-error sentencing-guidelines statutory-sentencing upward-departure Is applying the wrong causation standard when upwardly departing under the sentencing guidelines or upwardly varying under the statutory sentencing fa…
19-8133 Jorge A. Martinez v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-03-31 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP but-for-causation causation constitutional-rights conviction-notice criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process health-care-fraud judicial-notice statutory-interpretation Whether the 'but-for' test of general causation is synonymous to the statutorial element of actual causation
19-7909 Sidney P. Kilmartin v. United States First Circuit 2020-03-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP assisted-suicide causation civil-rights due-process first-circuit free-speech legal-reasoning mail-fraud mailing-an-injurious-article mailing-injurious-article statutory-interpretation Whether the First Circuit's reasoning on causation issues attendant to assisted suicide is at odds with this Court's case-law and the states' view of …
19-7660 Ronald Blue West v. United States Third Circuit 2020-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-exhaustion breach-of-duty causation civil-rights constitutional-rights damages duty-of-care federal-tort-claims-act prisoner-protection subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the district court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's civil rights and FTCA claims for failure to allege a physical injury
19-1008 Jim C. Hodge, et al. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-12 Denied but-for-causation causation causation-standard false-claims-act foreseeability fraud legal-elements proximate-cause substantial-factor Whether the causation element standard under the False Claims Act is proximate cause, requiring both that the harm was foreseeable and that the false …
19-995 Michael J. Murray v. Mayo Clinic, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-10 Denied americans-with-disabilities-act causation causation-standard congressional-intent disability-discrimination discrimination motivating-factor statutory-interpretation Is the 'motivating factor' standard most consistent with the plain language and purposes of the ADA, and Congressional intent, and therefore the appro…
19-7522 Dedrick Matthews v. Louisiana Louisiana 2020-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP and whether the admission of blood test results w birchfield-precedent birchfield-v-north-dakota causation causation-analysis criminal-procedure fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure vehicular-homicide vehicular-negligence Was defendant's conduct a substantial factor in causing the victim's death or serious bodily injury, when the accident would have occurred without it?
19-7183 Malcolm William v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP causation criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-arrest-of-judgment due-process elements-of-crime evidence evidence-sufficiency hearsay insufficient-evidence malice motion-in-limine murder murder-charge new-trial sixth-amendment third-degree Whether Appellant should be awarded an arrest of judgement on the charge of Murder in the Third Degree
19-6865 Delante L. Lunn v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP but-for-causation but-for-test causation criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-distribution drug-offenses drug-overdose mandatory-minimum overdose-causation sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the but-for test in Burrage v. United States should be re-evaluated for mixed drug overdoses that result in death where no drug distributed by…
19-497 The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. v. Lincoln Property Company, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-10-17 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) causation disparate-impact fair-housing-act pleading pleading-requirements policy-challenge prima-facie-claim racial-discrimination racial-segregation robust-causality standing texas-v-icp Whether the pleading of an FHA prima facie disparate impact claim must show the identified policy not only has caused the adverse effects on the racia…
19-437 John Paterno v. City of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment causation causative-nexus civil-procedure civil-rights due-process legal-entitlements pleadings procedural-claim standing stigma-plus temporal-proximity Whether the Second Circuit erred in applying a temporal proximity test to dismiss a procedural Due Process claim
19-369 Ford Motor Company v. Adam Bandemer Minnesota 2019-09-19 Judgment Issued Amici (1)Relisted (2) burger-king causation civil-procedure due-process forum-contacts minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction relatedness specific-jurisdiction Whether the 'arise out of or relate to' requirement is met when none of the defendant's forum contacts caused the plaintiff's claims, such that the pl…
19-368 Ford Motor Company v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court, et al. Montana 2019-09-19 Judgment Issued Amici (1)Relisted (2) burger-king causation civil-procedure due-process forum-contacts minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction relatedness specific-jurisdiction Whether the 'arise out of or relate to' requirement is met when none of the defendant's forum contacts caused the plaintiff's claims, such that the pl…
18-9622 Essie McDaniel v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Ninth Circuit 2019-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP causation civil-rights due-process employment employment-discrimination personnel-practices retaliation summary-judgment title-vii Whether the summary judgment in McDaniel's retaliation claim was proper
18-1367 Norfolk Southern Railway Company v. Mark A. Sumner Virginia 2019-04-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) burden-of-proof but-for-causation but-for-cause causation civil-procedure common-law employee-injury federal-employers-liability-act federal-employers-liability-act-fela fela negligence proximate-cause railroad-liability Whether FELA permits liability when the plaintiff cannot meet the common-law standard of proof for but-for causation
18-1185 Charter Communications, Inc. v. National Association of African American-Owned Media, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-13 GVR Relisted (5) 1981 but-for but-for-causation causation civil-rights civil-rights-act editorial-decisions editorial-discretion first-amendment hurley hurley-v-irish-american motivating-factor section-1981 Whether the implied cause of action under section 1981 imposes a but-for standard of causation or a motivating factor standard
18-1171 Comcast Corporation v. National Association of African American-Owned Media, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-11 Judgment Issued Amici (12)Relisted (4) 42-usc-1981 but-for-causation causation civil-rights contract-dispute discrimination plausibility-standard pleading race-discrimination section-1981 standing Does a claim of race discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 fail in the absence of but-for causation?
18-7319 Charles J. Greene v. Alabama Department of Revenue, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP alternative-pleading causality causation civil-procedure civil-procedure-pleading-standards civil-procedure-pleading-standards-discovery-causa civil-rights discovery discovery-standards due-process employer-liability federal-rules heightened-pleading-requirements judicial-review pleading-standards Whether the court of appeals' decision is in conflict with the Twigbal holdings
18-882 Noris Babb v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-09 Judgment Issued Amici (2)Relisted (2) but-for-causation causation civil-rights discrimination federal-employment federal-employment-discrimination personnel-actions retaliation statutory-interpretation title-vii Whether federal-sector personnel actions that are not made free from any discrimination or retaliation are permitted, as long as discrimination or ret…
18-746 County of Los Angeles, California, et al. v. Angel Mendez, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-12-12 Denied 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment causation circuit-review civil-rights clearly-erroneous fourth-amendment intervening-event proximate-causation proximate-cause reasonable-force remand search-warrant section-1983 standard-of-review use-of-force warrantless-search Whether a plaintiff's injuries resulting from a police officer's use of force may be proximately caused by the officer's failure to secure a search wa…
18-689 Mariano Moya, et al. v. Robert Garcia, Sheriff, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied 42-usc-1983 arraignment causation civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights detention due-process section-1983 standing state-court When a jailer detains a person for an extended period with no access to a court hearing for arraignment and bail review, in violation of his or her Du…
18-6605 Joseph Perrone v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP adversarial-proceeding appellate-review burrage-precedent causation causation-standard due-process government-assertions judicial-procedure record standard standard-of-proof united-states-v-burrage Did the lower courts refuse to follow the decision and holdings of this Court in United States v. Burrage, 571 U.S. 204, 134 S.Ct. 881, 187 L.Ed.2d 71…
18-6321 Josephloc T. Nguyen v. Kirstjen M. Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security Ninth Circuit 2018-10-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP adverse-employment-action causation civil-rights employment-discrimination mixed-motive protected-activity retaliation title-vii Whether Title VII's retaliation provision requires but-for causation or mixed motive
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…
18-6036 Donald S. Harden v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP causation criminal-statute drug-trafficking mandatory-life-imprisonment mandatory-sentencing proximate-cause racial-disparities rule-of-lenity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation strict-liability Whether proof of proximate cause is required for the 'death results' sentencing enhancement under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(B)
18-359 St. Bernard Parish, et al. v. United States Federal Circuit 2018-09-19 Denied Amici (2) catastrophic-flooding categorical-exemption causation constitutional-taking due-process flood-control flood-damage government-action government-inaction government-liability property-rights takings takings-clause takings-liability When a government project foreseeably causes catastrophic flooding of private property, is the Government categorically exempt from takings liability …
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
18-5532 Galindo Jose Ruiz-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP alien-smuggling bodily-injury causation causation-standard criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process foreseeability immigration mens-rea reasonable-foreseeability sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in affirming the application of sentencing enhancements under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.1(b)(6) and § 2L1.1(b)(7) without requiri…
18-86 The Sherwin-Williams Company v. California California 2018-07-18 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) causation civil-rights consumer-protection due-process first-amendment free-speech product-promotion public-nuisance retroactive-liability Whether the First Amendment permits imposing tort liability for truthfully promoting a lawful product later deemed hazardous
18-84 ConAgra Grocery Products Company, et al. v. California California 2018-07-18 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (3) causation century-old-conduct civil-procedure due-process due-process-clause first-amendment injury massive-liability no-proof-of-injury public-nuisance retroactive-liability speech-liability Whether imposing massive and retroactive 'public nuisance' liability without requiring proof that the defendant's nearly century-old conduct caused an…
18-24 Shannon Hyland v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company Seventh Circuit 2018-07-03 Denied appellate-review breach-of-contract causation civil-procedure duty-to-defend fact-finding insurance insurance-coverage insurance-litigation judgment-vacatur judicial-proceedings summary-judgment uninsured-motorist Whether the Court of Appeals so far departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings when it deliberately removed relevant and unco…
18-5001 John Theodore Hancock v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP burrage-standard but-for-causation causation criminal-law criminal-procedure death-penalty death-resulting due-process jury-instruction jury-instructions sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether a jury instruction that submits the question of whether a death was the result of the accused's offense by simply tracking the statutory langu…