consent-decree

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23-6685 Willie Perry Woods v. Heather Ray, Warden Fourth Circuit 2024-02-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights consent-decree constitutional-rights due-process evidence-rules federal-agency state-law statute-of-limitations Should certiorari be granted if the 4th USCA judgment conflicts with the USSG on whether state Statute Of Limitations (SOL) bars Fed agency adverse or…
22-7328 Carroll Wayne Haynes v. Louisiana Louisiana 2023-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights consent-decree department-of-justice due-process federal-court prosecution Whether the U.S. Department of Justice and the federal court violated the Consent Decree by taking further steps in the prosecution under Art. 5(b), S…
22-551 Francisco Negrete, et al. v. City of Oakland, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-12-16 Denied Response Waived civil-rights consent-decree federal-consent-decree federal-court-power federal-jurisdiction federal-power local-government municipal-charter settlement-agreement state-law state-law-conflict subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether federal courts have subject-matter jurisdiction over a state law claim that requires resolving a conflict between state law and a federal cons…
21-1500 Residents of Gordon Plaza, Inc. v. LaToya Cantrell, in Her Official Capacity as Mayor of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-05-31 Denied cercla citizen-suit comprehensive-environmental-response-compensation- consent-decree environmental-law epa-consent-decree operation-and-maintenance rcra removal-action resource-conservation-and-recovery-act Whether a liable party's operation and maintenance activities pursuant to an EPA consent decree constitute 'conducting a removal action' so as to bar …
20-404 In Re John Masiz 2020-09-28 Denied 5th-amendment article-ii article-iii civil-rights consent-decree due-process fifth-amendment securities-law sua-sponte Whether the federal court exceeded its Article III authority by initiating a sua sponte investigation into a defendant's compliance with a consent dec…
20-382 Territory of Guam v. United States District of Columbia 2020-09-24 Judgment Issued Amici (3) cercla clean-water-act comprehensive-environmental-response-compensation- consent-decree contribution contribution-claim environmental-law environmental-liability judicial-settlement statute-of-limitations Whether a non-CERCLA settlement can trigger a contribution claim under CERCLA Section 113(f)(3)(B)
19-1079 M.W. Watermark, LLC, et al. v. Evoqua Water Technologies, LLC Sixth Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied civil-rights consent-decree contract-assignment contract-law due-process federal-court four-corners injunction injunctive-relief sixth-circuit standing Does a person or entity lack standing to enforce a federal court's consent decree that includes an injunction if it was not a party to the original co…
19-758 Kamal Anwiya Youkhanna, et al. v. City of Sterling Heights, Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied Response Waived civil-rights consent-decree establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech local-government municipal-law public-forum religion religious-freedom zoning zoning-law Does a city council rule prohibiting private citizens from making disparaging comments about religion when speaking during the public comment period o…
18A1367 McLeod Health, Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Fourth Circuit 2019-06-27 Presumed Complete administrative-procedure consent-decree eeoc-enforcement employment-discrimination judicial-review settlement-negotiations Whether an employer can be compelled to engage in settlement negotiations with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission despite ongoing litigation
18-1395 Fraternal Order of Police Chicago Lodge No. 7 v. Illinois Seventh Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure-intervention civil-rights consent-decree deception due-process intervention intervention-motion misrepresentation rule-24 statutory-rights timeliness timely-filing timely-intervention unrebutted-facts Whether a motion to intervene is timely when it is filed shortly after a would-be intervenor learns that the existing parties misrepresented that the …
18-1372 City of Newark, New Jersey v. Estate of Adriano Roman, Jr. Third Circuit 2019-05-01 Denied civil-rights consent-decree constitutional-violation false-arrest malicious-prosecution monell monell-claim probable-cause res-judicata Whether dismissal of a Monell claim is proper where all underlying claims against officers have been dismissed
18-408 Kohn Law Group, Inc. v. Auto Parts Manufacturing Mississippi, Inc. Fifth Circuit 2018-10-02 Denied Amici (2) appellate-review appellate-review-standard armour-standard armour-v-united-states civil-contempt civil-contempt-standard consent-decree district-court-discretion federal-circuit fifth-circuit injunction-interpretation interpleader legal-standard mccomb-v-jacksonville-paper mccomb-v-jacksonville-paper-co non-consent-order What is the standard for judging allegations of civil contempt of an injunction or other disputed order, as distinct from a consent decree?