| 25A863 |
Steve Ferguson v. Republic of Trinidad and Tobago |
Florida |
2026-02-02 |
Application |
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appellate-review certification final-judgment judicial-procedure opinion-withdrawal state-court |
Whether a state appellate court's withdrawal and supersession of a prior opinion constitutes a final judgment for purposes of Supreme Court review |
| 25A786 |
Thomas Joseph Powell, et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission |
Ninth Circuit |
2026-01-07 |
Application |
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certification corporate-disclosure court-rules legal-standing procedural-filing rule-29.6 |
Question not identified. |
| 24-1218 |
Phillip Alig, et al. v. Rocket Mortgage, LLC, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-05-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
article-iii certification class-action federal-rule-civil-procedure injury-in-fact standing |
Whether a federal court may certify a class action pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3) when some members of the proposed class lack a… |
| 24-6734 |
Christina Alexandria Taylor-Loper v. Sam's Club/Walmart Associates, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-03-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
americans-with-disabilities appellate-review certification civil-rights judicial-procedure ninth-circuit |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit erred in denying certification of a case involving Americans with disabilities |
| 24-769 |
Joan Stormo, as Assignee of Peter T. Clark v. State National Insurance Company |
First Circuit |
2025-01-17 |
Denied |
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certification diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-procedure federalism state-law |
Does the rule disfavoring certification employed by a minority of circuits violate the Erie doctrine and principles of federalism by discriminating ag… |
| 24A690 |
Uber Technologies, Inc., et al. v. Amie Drammeh, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-14 |
Presumed Complete |
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certification erie-doctrine federal-diversity judicial-prediction ninth-circuit state-tort-law |
Whether federal courts of appeals may predict novel state law tort theories in diversity cases when the state supreme court has declined to certify or… |
| 24A671 |
Premier Nutrition Corporation, fka Joint Juice, Inc. v. Mary Beth Montera, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-10 |
Presumed Complete |
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certification class-action consumer-protection federal-procedure judicial-federalism state-law |
Whether federal courts can apply state-law class action restrictions when a plaintiff files a putative class action in federal court under a state con… |
| 24-583 |
Xunhui Cheng, et al. v. Dan Liu, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-11-27 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
certification civil-procedure class-action equity-jurisdiction property-rights stolen-property |
Did the Court of Appeals err in denying plaintiffs' application to certify a conventional class action seeking return of property stolen by defendants… |
| 24-304 |
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, dba Labcorp v. Luke Davis, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-09-18 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (23)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) |
article-iii certification class-action federal-court injury-in-fact standing |
Whether a federal court may certify a class action when some of its members lack any Article III injury |
| 23-6734 |
C. Holmes v. Anne Milgram, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-02-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
appeal appellate-review article-iii certification certification-of-appeal civil-procedure de-novo-review judicial-procedure standing stay substantial-rights |
Whether the lower appellate court misapprehends appealability and/or overlooks the request and denial in the district court for certification of appea… |
| 23A723 |
Rufus Young v. Florida |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-05 |
Presumed Complete |
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certification legal-document prisoner-filing pro-se service-of-process supreme-court |
Whether a pro se prisoner's handwritten legal filing meets the technical requirements for proper service and filing with the U.S. Supreme Court |
| 22-7315 |
Gregory Dean Barren, Sr. v. Nevada |
Nevada |
2023-04-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
adjudication certification charges-dismissed due-process juvenile-court-act kent-v-united-states transfer-motion transfer-to-juvenile-jurisdiction unlawful-charges |
Did the State of Nevada violate the Juvenile Court Act announced in Kent v. United States by denying Petitioner's Motion to Transfer back to juvenile … |
| 22-392 |
Bel Air Auto Auction, Inc. v. Great Northern Insurance Company |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-10-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abstention appellate-procedure certification circuit-split civil-procedure deference erie-doctrine federal-courts interlocutory-appeal judicial-deference state-courts state-law-certification |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit violate the principle of Erie v. Thompkins |
| 21-7329 |
Von Lester Taylor v. Robert Powell, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-03-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
certification comity federal-court federalism judicial-certification legal-ambiguity state-law state-law-interpretation tenth-amendment |
Does a federal court violate principles of federalism and comity enshrined in the Tenth Amendment by selecting one possible interpretation of an ambig… |
| 21-948 |
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates v. Monique Russell, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-12-29 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
certification civil-procedure class-action common-issues individual-issues predominance rule-23 rule-23(b)(3) rule-23(c)(4) |
Whether a court may certify common questions for class treatment under Rule 23(b)(3) without finding that the common questions predominate over the in… |
| 21-523 |
Damon Simon, et ux. v. Roche Diagnostics Corporation |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-discretion appellate-procedure certification civil-procedure court-of-appeals discretion judicial-procedure legal-review standard-of-review state-law state-law-certification |
Whether the court of appeals applied an improper standard of review in exercising its discretion when ruling on the Simons' request to certify the dis… |
| 21-70 |
Gary E. Albright, et al. v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2021-07-19 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
certification constitutional-federalism erie-doctrine fifth-amendment railroad-deed state-law state-law-interpretation takings-claim takings-clause |
Does constitutional federalism require certification of state law issue? |
| 20-855 |
Maryland Shall Issue, Inc., et al. v. Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr., Governor of Maryland |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-12-29 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
certification certification-doctrine constitutional-interpretation due-process horne-v-department-of-agriculture maryland-constitution personal-property property-rights takings-clause |
Whether the Takings Clause protects lawfully acquired personal property banned by the State legislature |
| 20-262 |
Bridget Alex, et al. v. T-Mobile USA, Incorporated, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-09-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
certification civil-rights due-process erie-doctrine federal-jurisdiction federalism judicial-discretion state-law state-law-interpretation statutory-interpretation tort-claims-act |
Whether the Fifth Circuit abused its discretion by refusing to certify the case to the Texas Supreme Court |
| 19-1364 |
Heather Henry, et vir v. CMBB, LLC |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-06-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
certification civil-procedure common-law district-court intentional-injury intentional-tort preemption sixth-circuit standing statutory-interpretation tennessee-law workers-compensation |
Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in affirming the decision that Petitioners' claim is barred by Tennessee Code Annotated § 50-6-108(a) and the common l… |
| 19-7071 |
Joseph A. Williams v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-12-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review armed-career-criminal-act certification criminal-law criminal-procedure judicial-certification sentencing serious-drug-offense state-convictions statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Armed Career Criminal Act's 'serious drug offense' definition is limited to only those state convictions that are the same or narrower tha… |
| 19-689 |
Mark Chapman, et al. v. ACE American Insurance Company |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-11-27 |
Denied |
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certification civil-procedure duty-to-defend insurance-coverage statutory-interpretation statutory-rights substance-abuse summary-judgment |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit abused its discretion by requiring allegations not contained in Chapter 397 and by denying petitioners' motion to certify… |
| 19-257 |
California Trout, et al. v. Hoopa Valley Tribe, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-08-28 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
certification certification-request circuit-conflict clean-water-act environmental-protection forum-shopping project-licensing section-401 state-authority waiver water-quality |
Do states waive their authority under section 401 of the Clean Water Act if they do not approve or deny a certification request within one year, even … |
| 19-13 |
Tennessee v. Tamarin Lindenburg, Individually and as Natural Guardian of Her Minor Children ZTL and SML |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-07-01 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
abstention certification diversity-jurisdiction federal-court first-impression judicial-procedure state-constitution state-constitutional-issue state-law state-statute |
Whether a federal court exercising its diversity jurisdiction should certify an important state constitutional issue of first impression to the State'… |
| 19-4 |
Jackson National Life Insurance Company v. Tamarin Lindenburg, Individually and as Natural Guardian of Her Minor Children ZTL and SML |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-06-28 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
certification consistent-application-of-state-law constitutional-interpretation cooperative-federalism judicial-efficiency sixth-circuit state-law tennessee-constitution tennessee-supreme-court |
Do principles of cooperative federalism, judicial efficiency, and concern for the consistent application of state law compel the Sixth Circuit to cert… |
| 18-1529 |
Louis R. Koerner, Jr., Individually and as Assignee of Jean McCurdy Meade v. CMR Construction & Roofing, L.L.C. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-11 |
Denied |
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certification civil-procedure declarations erie-doctrine evidence material-issues-of-fact non-moving-party procedural-protections rule-54(b) rule-54b rule-59(e) rule-59e standard-of-consideration summary-judgment |
Did the Fifth Circuit Court apply an incorrect standard of consideration by not considering the declarations of a non-moving party sufficient to estab… |
| 18-1200 |
Fluid Dynamics, LLC v. JEA, fka Jacksonville Electric Authority |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-14 |
Denied |
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certification certification-to-state-court civil-procedure discovery erie-doctrine erie-v-tomkins erie-v-tompkins fact-specific florida-law sovereign-immunity summary-judgment tenth-amendment |
Whether the District Court and the Circuit Court erred in applying a case dating from 1981 from a lower Florida Court to hold that JEA was entitled to… |
| 18-737 |
Gregory Aime, et al. v. JTH Tax, Inc., dba Liberty Tax Service, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-12-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
certification common-law contract-formation diversity-jurisdiction federal-appellate-procedure federal-court lehman-bros-precedent lehman-bros-v-schein state-law state-law-certification virginia-common-law |
Whether a federal court should certify an issue of state law to the highest state court |
| 18-721 |
Norman Bloom v. Aftermath Public Adjusters, Inc., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-12-06 |
Denied |
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certification circuit-split civil-procedure discretion diversity-jurisdiction federal-court federal-court-discretion federal-courts legal-uncertainty procedural-standards state-law state-law-certification |
Whether the language of a state's certification rule should factor into the federal court's decision to certify a dispositive state law question in a … |
| 18-6490 |
Lyman S. Hopkins v. Language Testing International, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2018-10-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
42-u.s.c.-1983 42-usc-1983 certification civil-rights discrimination discrimination-claim due-process employment employment-discrimination employment-website equal-protection parent-organization retaliation state-actor |
Is language certification testing agency Language Testing International, Inc. (LTI) immune from discrimination and retaliation charges despite its twi… |
| 18-5133 |
Peyton John Wesley Hopson v. Stark County, Ohio, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-07-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
amendment certification civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure forma-pauperis in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion manifest-injustice pro-se standing |
Whether the district court's failure to state its reasons for certifying that the petitioner could not proceed in forma pauperis in good faith, along … |