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25-763 PACEM Solutions International, LLC v. Small Business Administration, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-12-30 Pending Response Waived administrative-law agency-action chevron-deference judicial-review statutory-interpretation tenth-amendment 1. Should this Court summarily reverse and remand this case to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for the same reason it did …
25A538 Village of Scarsdale, New York v. Scott Bessent, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the Department of the Treasury and Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, et al. Second Circuit 2025-11-07 Application administrative-law charitable-contributions chevron-deference internal-revenue-code statutory-interpretation tax-deduction Whether the Supreme Court should overturn an agency regulation interpreting Section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code that limits charitable tax deduct…
25A304 Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. District of Columbia 2025-09-16 Presumed Complete administrative-law chevron-deference fda-regulation market-exclusivity orphan-drug-act statutory-interpretation Whether Congress implicitly ratified an FDA regulatory interpretation of the Orphan Drug Act's market exclusivity provision when it amended the statut…
25A190 United Natural Foods, Inc., dba United Natural Foods, Inc., and SuperValu, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board Fifth Circuit 2025-08-15 Presumed Complete administrative-law chevron-deference labor-law nlrb prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation Whether the National Labor Relations Act permits the NLRB's General Counsel to unilaterally dismiss an administrative complaint while a dispositive mo…
24-7447 Gilbert Aguirre v. Department of Defense Federal Circuit 2025-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure chevron-deference fraud-upon-court judicial-review rule-60-motion veterans-preference Is a Rule 60 Motion for Fraud upon the Court sufficient basis for judicial intervention and review on its merits?
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 …
24-5908 Tanya Spurbeck v. Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-11-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP chevron-deference due-process fifth-amendment judicial-review seventh-amendment statute-of-limitations Whether the statute of limitations was improperly tolled under Chevron deference and Loper Bright Enterprises precedent, and whether Fifth and Seventh…
24A191 QYK Brands LLC, dba Glowyy v. Federal Trade Commission Ninth Circuit 2024-08-21 Presumed Complete administrative-law agency-discretion chevron-deference consumer-protection due-process ftc-injunction Whether the Supreme Court should limit the Federal Trade Commission's authority to impose lifetime industry-wide injunctions based on a presumption of…
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…
24A102 Valley Health System, LLC, dba Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center, et al. v. National Labor Relations Board Ninth Circuit 2024-07-29 Presumed Complete administrative-law agency-authority chevron-deference judicial-review nlrb-decision statutory-interpretation Whether the Supreme Court's recent decision in Loper Bright Enterprises overturning Chevron deference should apply to National Labor Relations Board a…
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…
24-5006 Jason Steven Kokinda v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-07-03 GVR IFP 18-u.s.c-2250 34-u.s.c-20913 change-of-residence chevron-deference criminal-procedure jury-instructions rule-of-lenity sex-offender-registration smart-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the district court erroneously instructed the jury regarding a crucial element of the criminal offense of failure to register as a sex offende…
23-1298 United Therapeutics Corporation v. Liquidia Technologies, Inc. Federal Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law chevron chevron-deference civil-procedure inter-partes-review judicial-review patent patent-review standing statutory-interpretation Whether the IPR statute and SAS require the Federal Circuit to review de novo, or only for an abuse of discretion, the PTO's reliance on new grounds a…
23-7449 Jacob VanDyke v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law Auer-v-Robbins Chevron chevron-deference child-pornography commentary deference guideline-commentary judicial-review sentencing-guidelines Whether the 1 to 75 ratio for videos found in the commentary to U.S.S.G. § 2G2.2 is entitled to deference under Chevron, Federal-Express-Corporation-v…
23A984 Robert Kreb v. Integra Aviation, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-03 Presumed Complete administrative-law agency-tribunal article-iii-review chevron-deference constitutional-jurisdiction whistleblower-protection Whether administrative law judges in agency tribunals exceed their constitutional and statutory jurisdiction when adjudicating whistleblower protectio…
23-1028 Shannon Poe v. Idaho Conservation League Ninth Circuit 2024-03-19 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) addition-of-pollutant chevron-deference clean-water-act discharge-of-pollutant navigable-waters ninth-circuit-ruling pollutant-discharge statutory-interpretation Whether there is a 'discharge of a pollutant' under the Clean Water Act when material already within a regulated waterbody is merely moved or resuspen…
23-6828 Warren J. Levering v. Nebraska Nebraska 2024-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP chevron-deference child-support economic-impact-payments federal-statutory-construction statutory-interpretation tax-law tax-refund treasury-offset-program Did the Nebraska Supreme Court violate the U.S. Supreme Court's rules of Federal statutory construction?
23-876 KC Transport, Inc. v. Julie A. Su, Acting Secretary of Labor, et al. District of Columbia 2024-02-14 GVR Amici (2)Relisted (2) administrative-law chevron-deference circuit-split federal-mine-safety-and-health-act federal-regulation mine-safety mining statutory-interpretation transportation Whether a truck or a truck repair shop that is not located at nor is adjacent to an extraction or processing site or an appurtenant road is a 'coal or…
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…
23-551 GMS Mine Repair v. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2023-11-22 Denied administrative-law auer-deference chevron-deference chevron-doctrine circuit-court-conflict civil-procedure judicial-review regulatory-interpretation statutory-interpretation Whether the Court should overrule Kisor or clarify that the 'traditional tools' of construction must be used to dispel ambiguity in a regulation, rath…
23-432 Oman Fasteners, LLC v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit 2023-10-26 Denied chevron-deference delegation-of-power judicial-deference national-security presidential-tariffs procedural-requirements statutory-interpretation tariffs trade-expansion-act Must a federal court defer to the President's interpretation of the Trade Expansion Act's procedural requirements for imposing tariffs unless the Pres…
23-413 Michael Lissack v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue District of Columbia 2023-10-19 GVR Relisted (2) administrative-action administrative-law agency-discretion chevron-deference discretion internal-revenue-service statutory-interpretation tax-law tax-whistleblower whistleblower-award Whether the IRS is required to pay a whistleblower award where the whistleblower's information caused the IRS to open an audit but the IRS ultimately …
23-133 Arlen Foster v. Department of Agriculture, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-08-15 GVR Amici (2)Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-review agriculture chevron-deference environmental-law statutory-interpretation swampbuster-provision wetlands wetlands-certification Whether a statute that provides that a wetlands certification 'remain[s] valid and in effect ... until such time as the person affected by the certifi…
22-1246 Edison Electric Institute, et al. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2023-06-28 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (2) administrative-law chevron-deference energy-regulation federal-energy-regulatory-commission megawatts power-generation power-production-capacity qualifying-facility solar-energy-project statutory-interpretation Whether 'power production capacity' refers to a facility's maximum net output to the grid at any one time, or whether that term instead refers to the …
22-1222 Damien Guedes, et al. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, et al. District of Columbia 2023-06-20 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (4) 26-usc-5845 administrative-law atf-regulation bump-stock-prohibition bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives chevron-deference machinegun-definition rule-of-lenity statutory-construction Whether the definition of 'machinegun' in 26 U.S.C. §5845(b) includes non-mechanical bump stocks
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…
22-911 Robert R. Snyder v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. California 2023-03-17 Denied administrative-law administrative-regulation agency-discretion chevron-deference civil-rights due-process judicial-review ministerial-duty prisoner-rights property-rights statutory-authority Did the California corrections agency exceed the bounds of its statutory authority?
22-451 Loper Bright Enterprises, et al. v. Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al. District of Columbia 2022-11-15 Judgment Issued Amici (83)Relisted (5) administrative-law agency-power chevron-deference federal-observers fishery-management maritime-regulation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation statutory-silence Whether the Magnuson-Stevens Act implicitly grants the National Marine Fisheries Service the power to force domestic vessels to pay the salaries of th…
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 …
22-90 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?
22-23 Jean Francois Pugin v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fourth Circuit 2022-07-07 Judgment Issued Amici (2)Relisted (3) aggravated-felony board-of-immigration-appeals chevron-deference immigration-law immigration-nationality-act obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation Whether a state offense that does not involve interference with an existing official proceeding or investigation may constitute an 'offense relating t…
21-1455 Northport Health Services of Arkansas, LLC, dba Springdale Health and Rehabilitation Center, et al. v. Department of Health and Human Services, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-05-17 Denied Amici (3) administrative-law arbitration-agreements chevron-deference disfavored-treatment federal-arbitration-act health-and-safety long-term-care-facilities medicaid-act medicare-act medicare-and-medicaid-acts Whether the FAA allows states and federal agencies to penalize the use of arbitration agreements
21-1316 In Re Darru Hsu 2022-04-01 Denied agency-authority chevron-deference class-action constitutional-rights federal-arbitration-act finra finra-arbitration fraud investment-advisers-act judicial-review Whether the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) contradicts the Investment Advisers Act (IAA) when fraud is inside an investment contract, and whether inves…
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?
21-972 Thomas H. Buffington v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-01-06 Denied Amici (5)Relisted (12) administrative-law chevron-deference chevron-doctrine deference judicial-review pro-veteran-canon statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits Whether the Chevron doctrine permits courts to defer to VA's construction of a statute designed to benefit veterans, without first considering the pro…
21-6170 Michael D. Webb v. Ralph Northam, Governor of Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law chevron-deference executive-order executive-privilege foia foia-request jacobson-v-massachusetts justiciable-issue public-health public-health-emergency separation-of-powers Whether the President's interest in confidentiality can be overcome by a FOIA request
21-631 Emily S. Wilson, as Executrix of the Estate of Joseph A. Wilson, et al. v. United States Second Circuit 2021-10-29 Denied Response Waived administrative-law chevron-deference foreign-trust irs-policy irs-reporting statutory-interpretation tax-law tax-penalty Whether the Court of Appeals erred in not resolving the ambiguity in the statutory provisions of 28 U.S.C. §§ 6048 and 6677 in favor of Petitioners
21-348 Johnson & Johnson, et al. v. Lynn Fitch, Attorney General of Mississippi, ex rel. Mississippi Mississippi 2021-09-03 Denied Amici (7) administrative-law agency-action chevron-deference civil-rights due-process notice-and-comment-rulemaking police-powers preemption preemption-clause state-police-powers statutory-interpretation Whether the Mississippi Supreme Court erred in narrowly construing an express preemption clause by applying a presumption against preemption
21-5345 Leonard Thurman v. Medical Transportation Management, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2021-08-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-regulation chevron-deference circuit-split civil-rights due-process federal-regulations federal-right medicaid medicaid-act section-1983 statutory-interpretation Whether an administrative regulation may establish a federal right enforceable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
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…
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…
20-1662 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
20-1535 Kevin Diaz v. Ashley Johnson First Circuit 2021-05-04 Denied Response Waived administrative-action administrative-procedure-act agency-action apa arbitrary-and-capricious chevron-deference ex-parte-communication ex-parte-communications judicial-review statutory-interpretation technology tucker-act Whether the Lower Court erred in not admitting nexus evidence
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 …
20-1178 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…
20-1114 American Hospital Association, et al. v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. District of Columbia 2021-02-12 Judgment Issued Amici (15)Relisted (3) administrative-law chevron-deference healthcare-regulation hospital-acquisition-cost medicare medicare-reimbursement reimbursement-rates statutory-interpretation survey-data Whether Chevron deference permits HHS to set reimbursement rates based on acquisition cost and vary such rates by hospital group if it has not collect…
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…
20-5435 Garnett Lloyd v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach chevron-deference cyberstalking federal-offense sex-offender-registration sorna sorna-interpretation specified-offense-against-minor Whether SORNA's definition of 'sex offense' includes federal offenses not listed in § 20911(5)(A)(iii)
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
19-1115 American Bankers Association v. National Credit Union Administration District of Columbia 2020-03-11 Denied Amici (4) administrative-law agency-authority agency-discretion chevron-deference delegation-of-authority local-community regulatory-definition separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation When a statute expressly directs an agency to define a statutory term, does the delegation expand the scope of the agency's authority at Chevron step …
19-7936 James Zavaglia v. Boston University School of Medicine First Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied IFP administrative-law but-for-causation causation-standard chevron-deference civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination family-medical-leave-act fmla-interference jury-trial medical-leave motivating-factor reeves-v-sanderson retaliation standing summary-judgment Whether the lower courts are correct to apply Nassar to FMLA cases
19-1009 Altera Corporation & Subsidiaries v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit 2020-02-13 Denied Amici (5) administrative-procedure-act arm's-length-standard chevron-deference cost-sharing rulemaking stock-based-compensation tax tax-regulation tax-treaties treasury-department Whether the Treasury Department's regulation is arbitrary and capricious and thus invalid under the Administrative Procedure Act
19-550 Kimberly Watso, et al. v. Jodi Harpstead, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-10-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law administrative-procedure chevron-deference child-services civil-rights federal-preemption indian-child-welfare-act parental-custody state-agency-rules tribal-jurisdiction tribal-rights Whether the lower court improperly deferred to the Indian Child Services Department Manual over state agency rules and interpretations of the Indian C…
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
19-6055 Edwin Ricardo Flores v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggravated-felony chevron-deference circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure ex-post-facto immigration immigration-law separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation theft-offense Does a 'theft offense (including receipt of stolen property)' under §1101(a)(43)(G) require a taking of property without consent?
19-296 Damien Guedes, et al. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, et al. District of Columbia 2019-09-04 Denied Amici (7)Relisted (5) administrative-law chevron-deference criminal-law deference due-process judicial-review overrule rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation waiver Whether Chevron deference takes precedence over the rule of lenity
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…
19-5597 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?
19-134 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
18A1352 Damien Guedes, et al. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, et al. District of Columbia 2019-06-21 Presumed Complete administrative-procedure-act chevron-deference criminal-enforcement machinegun-definition rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation Whether Chevron deference applies to agency interpretations of criminal statutes that also have administrative applications when the statutory languag…
18-9679 Gary Raymond Harvey, et ux. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP in conflict with Chevron and Section 6325(f)(2) administrative-law administrative-procedure chevron-deference irs-fiduciary-duty irs-lien lien-validity limitation-period statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation tax-debt tax-lien-reinstatement-validity tax-procedure Whether the courts' below, in conflict with this Court's ruling in Chevron, erroneously held the lien valid even though when it was erroneously releas…
18-1328 Stephen Gilmore, et al. v. Neil R. Holland, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-19 Denied administrative-law agency-regulation chevron-deference circuit-split cms-regulation emergency-medical-treatment emergency-medical-treatment-and-active-labor-act hospital-inpatient-care hospital-stabilization medical-care statutory-interpretation Should the regulation issued by CMS, 42 C.F.R. § 489.24(d)(2)(ii), be stricken as contrary to the statutory language, which provides that the obligati…
18-1209 Nicholas J. Bonacci v. Transportation Security Administration District of Columbia 2019-03-18 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure apa-section-706 chevron-deference chevron-doctrine due-process judicial-deference judicial-review statutory-interpretation Whether Sec. 706 of the APA is compatible with Chevron, or other deference models when a Court is faced with a significant question of statutory law
18-971 Faye R. Hobson v. James Mattis, former Secretary of Defense Sixth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response Waived ada administrative-exhaustion chevron-deference civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling fmla pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation rehabilitation-act standing title-vii Should the doctrine of equitable tolling be expanded to include a pro se party's mistaken belief about filing deadlines
18-873 Casino Pauma v. National Labor Relations Board Ninth Circuit 2019-01-08 Denied chevron-deference civil-rights employee-solicitation indian-gaming-regulatory-act indian-tribes labor-law labor-solicitation national-labor-relations-act republic-aviation tribal-sovereignty Whether the National Labor Relations Act applies to Indian tribes
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?
18-795 William J. Bush v. Department of Agriculture, Risk Management Agency, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-records chevron-deference circuit-split de-novo-review due-process foia-request freedom-of-information freedom-of-information-act freedom-of-information-act-foia Whether the Eighth Circuit's standard for agency records pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) conflicts with the D.C. Circuit's standard
18-743 White Oak Realty, LLC, et al. v. Army Corps of Engineers, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-12-11 Denied Response Waived agency-action agency-authority chevron-deference congressional-authority federal-contracts property-rights public-projects regulatory-authority statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-conditions Where a statute directs an agency to carry out and pay for a federal project for public benefit without granting express authority to regulate private…
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?
18-512 Lee Simmons v. Paul Daniel Smith, in His Official Capacity as Acting Director of the National Park Service, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied Response Waived administrative-agency-deference administrative-law agency-action agency-discretion chevron-deference due-process judicial-review property-rights statutory-interpretation takings wild-and-scenic-rivers-act Whether an agency can advance an interpretation of a statute for the first time in litigation and demand deference under Chevron
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…