constitutional-avoidance

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-900 Global Marine Exploration, Inc. v. Republic of France, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2026-02-03 Pending admiralty-law constitutional-avoidance party-presentation salvage-rights statutory-interpretation sunken-military-craft 1. Whether SMCA's prohibition that "no salvage rights or awards shall be granted" bars all admiralty salvage claims—including long-recognized in perso…
25-543 Thomas John Styczinski, et al. v. Grace Arnold, in Her Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Commerce Eighth Circuit 2025-11-04 Denied Response Waived article-three constitutional-avoidance dormant-commerce-clause extraterritorial-regulation judicial-power state-law 1. Whether a federal court exceeds its "judicial power" under Article III and Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood when the federal court unilaterally imposes…
22-679 NYC C.L.A.S.H., Inc., et al. v. Marcia L. Fudge, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, et al. District of Columbia 2023-01-23 Denied Response Waived agency-authority constitutional-avoidance due-process federalism fourth-amendment housing-regulation public-housing smoking-ban spending-clause Whether HUD lacks authority to adopt or enforce its smoking ban as a means to ensure 'safe and habitable' public housing
22-270 Ranchers Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stockgrowers of America, et al. v. Department of Agriculture, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-09-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law agency-guidance constitutional-avoidance eleventh-circuit federal-advisory-committee-act judicial-construction plain-meaning public-citizen-v-us-dept-of-justice separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Should the word 'established' in the Federal Advisory Committee Act be construed in accord with its plain meaning or more narrowly?
21-5179 Stanford R. Coleman v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-avoidance court-jurisdiction due-process federal-courts federal-state-conflict judicial-review legal-interpretation standing state-courts statutory-interpretation Whether this Court is required to consider the doctrine of Constitutional Avoidance
19-983 Colleen Reilly, et al. v. City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2020-02-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) article-iii-court constitutional-avoidance content-based content-neutrality first-amendment free-speech hill-v-colorado less-restrictive-alternatives reed-v-gilbert speech-restriction standing Whether Reed v. Town of Gilbert overruled Hill v. Colorado
19-484 John Doe 1, et al. v. Federal Election Commission District of Columbia 2019-10-15 Denied Relisted (2) administrative-enforcement confidential-investigation constitutional-avoidance disclosure disclosure-limitations federal-election-campaign-act federal-election-commission first-amendment rulemaking-power statutory-interpretation Whether the FEC may disclose records of an investigation it declined to pursue