contempt-powers
2 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-6193 | Marie Assa'ad-Faltas v. South Carolina | South Carolina | 2022-12-01 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights contempt-power contempt-powers due-process eighth-amendment judicial-discretion jury-trial prison-overcrowding | Whether incarceration for up to six months for alleged indirect contempt without trial by jury is always per se cruel and unusual |
| 18-735 | Maricopa County, Arizona v. Manuel de Jesus Ortega Melendres, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2018-12-10 | Denied | Relisted (7) | 10th-amendment 42-usc-1983 contempt-powers county-authority-under-state-law federal-courts federalism federalism-limits-on-federal-courts final-policymaker guarantee-clause mcmillian-precedent rizzo-v-goode sovereign-prerogatives tenth-amendment | Are sheriffs 'final policymakers' under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for their counties with regard to law enforcement? |