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24-135 James G. Robinson, et al. v. Armin Azod, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-08-06 Denied arbitration-award civil-procedure contract federal-arbitration-act federal-courts forum-clause forum-selection-clause judicial-estoppel manifest-disregard venue venue-selection Whether a litigant's statement accepting 'venue' in a district court can judicially estop that litigant from later seeking to dismiss a new action in …
24-5206 Ronny Lee Thomas v. Tony R. Moore, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-08-01 Denied IFP compromise contract criminal-procedure negotiate plea-bargaining plea-deal Question not identified.
23-7786 Christine H. Scott v. Florida Florida 2024-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP assembly-rights constitutional-rights contract first-amendment free-speech government-property petition-rights private-property public-access public-forum Whether the right to petition, assemble and speak freely on government-owned property held open to the public exists when the publicly held land is co…
23-1314 Jennifer Harris v. FedEx Corporate Services, Inc. Fifth Circuit 2024-06-17 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act contract contractual-limitation court-of-appeals due-process intangible-damages lawsuit-filing maximum-recovery standing statute-of-limitations Whether a contractual provision reducing the limitation on filing a lawsuit under the Civil Rights Act of 1866 from four years to six months is enforc…
23-7626 Jasper Frazier v. Robert E. Carter, Jr., et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law breach-of-contract civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation contract contract-law damages federal-damages standing state-services Whether the receiving state is liable for damages caused by the breach of a contract for new border security services
23-909 Stamatios Kousisis and Alpha Painting and Construction Co., Inc. v. United States Third Circuit 2024-02-22 Judgment Issued Amici (4)Relisted (3) civil-rights commercial-exchange contract contract-law due-process mail-fraud property property-rights sovereign-interest wire-fraud Whether deception to induce a commercial exchange can constitute mail or wire fraud, even if inflicting economic harm on the alleged victim was not th…
23-6443 Pablo Enrique Rosado-Sanchez v. Pablo Crespo-Claudio, et al. First Circuit 2024-01-09 Denied IFP attorney-assignment civil-rights constitutional-rights contract due-process fraud loan-modification loan-promissory-note pro-se-rights promissory-note secured-loan Question not identified
23-6291 Pietro P. A. Sgromo, aka Peter Anthony Sgromo v. Leonard Gregory Scott, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-12-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP arbitration arbitration-clause contract criminal-reference federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce lease-agreement public-policy waiver Does the residential lease agreement involve interstate commerce such that it falls within the Federal Arbitration Act?
23-647 Adrienne Sepaniak King v. Meta Platforms, Inc., fka Facebook, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2023-12-15 Denied Relisted (2) 47-usc-230 civil-procedure content-moderation contract contract-law first-amendment free-speech immunity internet-immunity judicial-interpretation section-230 standing Should this Court adopt the opinion of Justice Thomas in Malwarebytes v. Enigma Software Group USA, LLC, reverse the Barnes v. Yahoo!, Inc. decision, …
23-487 Aparna Vashisht-Rota v. Howell Management Services, LLC Utah 2023-11-09 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1981 attorney-fees california-law civil-rights contract contractual-dues discrimination due-process employment section-1981 utah-procedure Whether pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1981, failure to provide Appellants' contractual dues is discriminatory?
23-153 Richard Rynn, Next Friend and Parent of M. R., a Minor v. David Lujan, Individually and in His Official Capacity as the Director of the Arizona Department of Child Safety, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-08-16 Denied Response Waived child-custody civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights contract custody due-process judicial-authorization parental-rights Does court err omitting facts, dismissing Defendants that kidnapped child, interfered in legal custody, interfered in parental-rights, with actions-un…
23-48 Indiana Municipal Power Agency, et al. v. United States Federal Circuit 2023-07-17 Denied Amici (2) administrative-interpretation administrative-law contract contractual-intent government-contract government-obligations money-mandating money-mandating-statute payment-obligation sequestration statutory-interpretation Whether a payment obligation imposed by Congress on the federal government under a money-mandating statute and specifically exempted from later reduct…
23-19 Bird Industries, Inc., et al. v. The Tribal Business Council of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation Eighth Circuit 2023-07-06 Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-clause civil-procedure contract contract-interpretation federal-jurisdiction indian-law indian-tribe jurisdictional-waiver sovereign-immunity tribal-law Does inclusion of a mandatory arbitration clause in an Agreement with an Indian Tribe waive the Tribe's sovereign immunity?
22-1242 Jon McClelland v. Dr. Jack Chapman, M.D. Colorado 2023-06-27 Denied 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-interpretation contract due-process judicial-immunity property property-interest state-law Is a Complaint a cognizable 'three-party' Contract
22-7759 Shirley Douglas v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-protection contract contract-law due-process government-intrusion medical-consent medical-privacy plea-agreement privacy Is a plea proffer agreement and defense counsel retainer fee agreement legally enforceable contracts?
22-917 Nayonn Gray v. Autozoners, LLC, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-03-21 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1981 civil-rights contract contract-services discriminatory-intent material-fact pretext racial-discrimination section-1981 summary-judgment Whether summary judgment should be granted when there are genuine issues of material fact as to whether a defendant's refusal to provide services requ…
22-901 Richard E. Gardiner v. Nels Anderson Utah 2023-03-17 Denied attorney-fees civil-procedure contract court-of-appeals due-process fourteenth-amendment legal-theory utah-supreme-court waiver Whether the Utah Supreme Court denied Petitioner his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process
22-518 Petrobras America Inc., et al. v. Transcor Astra Group S.A., et al. Texas 2022-12-05 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) arbitrability arbitration-clause contract contract-interpretation delegation-doctrine federal-courts judicial-review state-courts superseded-contract superseding-contract Whether the arbitrator or a court must decide whether a contract has been superseded by a subsequent contract
22-6147 Eric Lee Porterfield v. Department of Justice, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights contract due-process standing takings Whether the petitioner has the same protections as an independent contractor
22-121 ML Genius Holdings LLC v. Google LLC, et al. Second Circuit 2022-08-09 Denied CVSGAmici (3)Relisted (2) breach-of-contract business circuit-split content-protection contract contract-remedies copyright copyright-preemption preemption service-terms state-law Does the Copyright Act's preemption clause allow a business to invoke traditional state-law contract remedies to enforce a promise not to copy and use…
21-8258 Luke D. Patterson v. R. M. Wolfe, Warden Fourth Circuit 2022-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitration civil-rights contract due-process jurisdiction retroactivity Whether the recent precedents affecting arbitration clauses should be applied retroactively
21-1474 Candace Owens, et al. v. Lead Stories, LLC, et al. Delaware 2022-05-24 Denied Response Waived civil-rights contract contract-law defamation first-amendment free-speech marketplace-regulation tortious-interference Should the First Amendment provide a defense to claims of tortious interference and similar torts that involve speech?
21-7937 Richard Rodrick MacDonald v. United States Federal Circuit 2022-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitration-act arbitration-award authority contract contract-enforcement dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act federal-claims-court federal-court judicial-authority parties Did the United States Court of Federal Claims lawfully invalidate this Arbitration Award?
21-7534 Alan L. Gallagher v. Capella Education Company, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitrary-capricious civil-procedure contract contract-disclaimer contract-elements educational-malpractice failure-to-state-cause-of-action motion-to-dismiss reciprocity standing university-immunity Are elements of contract properly pled (to survive motion to dismiss for failure to state cause of action)?
21-1154 Speech & Language Center, LLC, et al. v. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey New Jersey 2022-02-22 Denied bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-discharge civil-settlement contract contract-enforcement contract-law debt-obligation discharge non-dischargeable-debt settlement-agreement Can parties to a civil settlement agree that the payments required under the agreement are not dischargeable in bankruptcy?
21-1064 Louisiana Public Service Commission v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission District of Columbia 2022-02-01 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure contract energy energy-law ferc ferc-regulation judicial-review mobile-sierra-doctrine settlement settlement-contract tariff-interpretation When may FERC and a court interpret a tariff inconsistently with a settlement contract and utility filing letter?
21-1023 Kay Gow v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-1348 contract contract-breach federal-statute grant-application grant-funding investment-agreement investor-sophistication misrepresentation subscription-agreement wire-fraud Can a breach of contract by a grant recipient be criminalized under the federal wire fraud statute?
21-6408 James A. Harnage v. Janine Brennan, et al. Second Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation contract criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process judicial-discretion plea-agreement settlement-agreement state-action Whether a state violates the express terms of a settlement agreement by refusing to affirm the decision maker of their authority to grant approvals th…
21-416 Darell Anthony Anderson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-09-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) breach civil-procedure contract contract-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process legal-procedure plea-agreement Due process of law, plea-agreement, contract, breach
21-5629 Alba Duque v. Chabad at the Civic Center, Inc. Florida 2021-09-10 Denied IFP contract contract-validity enforceability evidence evidence-admissibility judicial-discretion parties quit-claim-deed real-estate real-estate-contract specific-performance Can a Real Estate Contract be legally valid and enforceable if not all the required parties signed it?
21-98 Frank C. Warner v. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education Eighth Circuit 2021-07-23 Denied circuit-confusion civil-procedure contract contract-enforcement debt-collection economic-policy legal-standard promissory-note statute-of-frauds Is a fully legible Promissory Note (Contract) required to collect on a debt?
21-99 Hensley K. McCalla v. Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston, et al. Second Circuit 2021-07-23 Denied civil-procedure contract district-court enforcement federal-jurisdiction federal-law judicial-authority jurisdiction legal-enforcement settlement-agreement Did the District Court maintain jurisdiction to enforce the settlement agreement that defendant placed before it?
20-1726 Roy J. Meidinger v. United States Federal Circuit 2021-06-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure contract contractual-relationship federal-claims-court iRS-jurisdiction jurisdiction statutory-interpretation tax-court tax-relief-and-healthcare-act-of-2006 tax-whistleblower whistleblower whistleblower-claims What are the jurisdiction and limitations of the Tax Court and Federal Claims Court over whistleblower contracts and administrative procedures under 2…
20-1549 Jeffrey B. Broadhurst v. Citimortgage, Inc. Third Circuit 2021-05-07 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure consumer-protection contract deposition-testimony due-process loan-modification standing summary-judgment third-circuit UTPCPL Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals Erred in Affirming the District Court's Order Granting Respondent's Motion for Summary Judgment
20-7841 Sylvia J. Manor v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Company Ninth Circuit 2021-04-26 Denied IFP breach-of-contract civil-procedure contract contract-interpretation date-of-accrual insurance-law legal-interpretation life-insurance statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions What is the proper and legal Date Of Accrual in this case?
20-1408 Keith Fernandez v. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2021-04-07 Denied Response Waived 12(b)(6)-dismissal academic-fellowship breach-of-contract civil-procedure civil-rights contract discrimination due-process education ethnicity-discrimination federal-precedent standing Breach-of-contract-and-ethnicity-discrimination
20-7143 Heyangjing Shi, et al. v. Jim J. Mash New York 2021-02-12 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights contract contract-law due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legal-standing standing unauthorized-use void-judgment Whether it violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
20-1108 Pontiler S.A. v. OPI Products Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-02-11 Denied Response Waived amendment civil-procedure contract due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-policy judicial-discretion pleading-standards rule-15 rule-8 Whether the court of appeals' dismissal of the petitioner's complaint for omitting one nonessential word in describing the respondents' breach of cont…
20-6604 Mark T. Grant v. City of Roanoke, Virginia Fourth Circuit 2020-12-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law contract due-process federal-funding federal-spending-clause housing monell-doctrine private-cause-of-action property-rights regulations takings Question 1: When the HUD-City contract was voided, why wasn't the subsequent City-Citizen contract voided with cause?
20-5785 Michael Hunter Cook v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-waiver circuit-split civil-procedure consideration contract contract-law due-process judicial-review standing Whether, consistent with due process, an appellate court may enforce an appellate waiver unsupported by consideration
20-153 Joe Blessett v. Office of the Attorney General of Texas Fifth Circuit 2020-08-13 Denied 10th-amendment 42-usc-654 constitutional-protections contract contract-law interstate-contract private-law-liability separation-of-powers title-iv-d u.s.-congress Did U.S. Congress intend for Title IV-D 42 U.S.C 654(3) contractors escape private law liabilities for violating their 10th amendment protections unde…
19-1412 Mark Johnson v. United States Second Circuit 2020-06-24 Denied Amici (2) common-law common-law-interpretation contract criminal-statute criminal-statutes false-promises federal-criminal-statutes fraud integration-clause mail-fraud right-to-control wire-fraud Can an oral promise excluded from a fully-integrated written contract, which is unenforceable under the common law, be a 'false or fraudulent...promis…
19-1308 Bernard Morello, et al. v. Seaway Crude Pipeline Company, LLC Texas 2020-05-21 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-limitations contract contract-circumvention contract-clause due-process eminent-domain highest-and-best-use judicial-authority judicial-review just-compensation legislative-limitations property-rights takings Whether eminent domain can be used as mere pretext to rewrite the parties' own prior bargains, or otherwise circumvent existing obligations in a previ…
19-7910 Lakshmi Arunachalam v. Intuit, Inc. Fifth Circuit 2020-03-09 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law contract contract-rights due-process government-contract government-contracts government-grants judicial-misconduct jurisdiction patent patent-contract patent-rights standing takings Whether the Supreme Court should enforce the mandated prohibition against repudiating government-issued patent contract grants as delineated in govern…
19-7801 James Benjamin Barstad v. Washington Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitrary-and-capricious civil-rights constitutional-violation contract contract-breach due-process equal-protection inmate-rights punishment sandin-v-conner state-sanctions When does the repeated imposition of 'temporary' restrictions become unconstitutional?
19-7728 Wayne English v. Energy Future Holdings Corp., et al. Third Circuit 2020-02-21 Denied IFP chose-in-action civil-litigation civil-procedure civil-rights claims-transfer common-law contract corporate-securities damages mitigation mitigation-doctrine party-standing securities standing Whether creditors and debtors, plaintiffs and defendants, and parties in interest are allowed, required, or exempt from instituting the mitigation doc…
19-7065 Carrie A. Braspenick v. Johnson Law PLC Michigan 2019-12-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-client-relationship civil-procedure contract contract-law court-judgment judgment legal-ethics legal-representation order professional-ethics statute-of-limitations termination Can an attorney terminate the attorney-client relationship prior to the Circuit Court issuing a JUDGMENT/Order in the client's case?
19-6988 Marlon Jessie Blacher v. S. Johnson, Chief Deputy Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-litigation civil-procedure contract due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction fraud interstate-conflict jurisdiction jurisdictional-statute legal-standing non-resident-parties standing Whether the magistrate had valid jurisdiction when Congress has not conferred any jurisdiction by law
19-761 KT Corporation, et al. v. ABS Holdings, Ltd., et al. Second Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied arbitration arbitration-award arbitration-awards contract contract-disputes due-process due-process-standards enforcement-actions foreign-government foreign-law-enforcement international-comity satellite-dispute tribunal-mandate Does the doctrine of international comity bar our courts from enforcing arbitration awards that are based on a tribunal's conclusion — in excess of it…
19-582 Sara Ann Edmondson v. Lilliston Ford Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2019-11-04 Denied Relisted (2) appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights contract contract-formation due-process federal-procedure fraud fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-admission judicial-admissions oscanyan-v-arms-co standing summary-judgment Whether the Third Circuit and District Court are acting in opposition to long standing, controlling law
19-526 Dexter Edwards, dba Edwards Land and Cattle v. Genex Cooperative, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied cattle-reproduction choice-of-law civil-procedure contract contract-law diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federalism oral-agreement state-law Did the court of appeals violate Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938) and the pragmatic federalism it represents by refusing to apply establish…
19-480 John Hankins, et al. v. Barry Seifman, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-10-10 Denied Response Waived attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights contract contract-law court-decisions due-process federalism judicial-overreach jurisdiction legal-jurisdiction michigan-law public-policy res-judicata sixth-circuit state-law Can the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals violate settled Michigan law, Sixth Circuit and U.S. Supreme court decisions and/or make Michigan law?
19-331 Sequoia Capital Operations, LLC v. Jessica Gingras, et al. Second Circuit 2019-09-11 Denied arbitrability arbitration arbitration-agreement civil-procedure contract contract-interpretation contract-law court-jurisdiction delegation-provision federal-arbitration-act jurisdiction Whether Section 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act requires a court to decide any challenge to a delegation provision's validity before the court may pr…
19-5816 Gabriel A. Maalouf v. Praetorian Insurance Company Nevada 2019-09-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bad-faith bankruptcy bankruptcy-impact contract contract-breach insurance-coverage insurance-guarantee-association negligence negligence-claim uninsured-motorist Whether financial liability should have reverted back to the motorist's uninsured/underinsured motorist policy after the Tortfeasor became uninsured d…
19-165 Daniel T. Morgan v. Sheri A. Morgan Pennsylvania 2019-08-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) alimony-contract appellate-court contract contract-interpretation due-process en-banc judicial-procedure jurisdiction jurisdiction-limitation overrule same-case Whether it is due process of law for an intermediate appellate court, not en banc, to overrule its decision in the same case
19-5407 Fabian Delgado v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP consideration contract contract-law criminal-procedure defendant-benefit due-process legal-principle plea-agreement sentencing Whether principles of contract law require consideration (benefit to the defendant) to support a valid plea agreement
18-9749 Gamaliel Japhia Joseph El v. All Local Law Enforcement in General Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-21 Denied IFP citizenship civil-rights constitutional-interpretation contract contract-law due-process indigenous-rights involuntary-servitude motor-vehicle-statutes right-to-travel standing travel Is Title XXIII MOTOR VEHICLES of the Florida Statutes binding on or applicable to a private natural person who is an aboriginal indigenous inhabitant …
18-9704 Andre Javion Portee v. Department of Agriculture, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights contract contract-breach contract-law discrimination due-process equal-protection government-agency-misconduct governmental-agency standing takings title-insurance Did the lower courts erroneously decide in favor of a governmental agency that broke a contract between a Black American citizen and that agency?
18-9386 Lakshmi Arunachalam v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitution constitutional-rights contract contract-law due-process judicial-bias judicial-inquiry patent-grant patent-rights standing unbiased-judge Whether the lower courts denying a citizen due process — a Hearing and an unbiased Judge, voids their Orders and no preclusive effect attaches
18-9204 Devon A. Brown v. Florida Department of Revenue, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights contract contract-enforcement due-process original-jurisdiction social-security-act state-action state-expenditure title-iv-d Can a state or its agency violate Appellant's constitutional rights to enforce upon him an obligation that is contractual in nature?
18-1288 Jean Coulter v. ADT Security Services, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-10 Denied choice-of-law civil-procedure civil-rights consumer-protection contract contract-interpretation contract-renewal contractual-limitations contractual-period due-process fraud fraud-in-inducement implied-contract public-safety statute-of-limitations Did ADT Security Services commit fraud in inducement, and is it applicable for renewals or later implied contracts?
18-8515 E. Drake v. Murphy, Austin, Adams, Schoenfeld, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-03-21 Denied IFP choice-of-law civil-procedure civil-procedure-personal-jurisdiction civil-rights contract contract-law due-process fraud fraud-claims internet internet-commerce internet-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction websites zippo-standard Whether the district court and Fifth Circuit erred in dismissing the case for lack of personal jurisdiction over the defendants, Niello and the Murphy…
18-8480 Kevin Funk v. Montana Montana 2019-03-20 Denied IFP allodial-tenure constitutional-rights contract contract-interference contract-rights due-process federal-land-patent irrevocable-trust land-ownership property-protection takings takings-clause Is there a right for the irrevocable trustee and patent holder to redress any breach of the trust and hold and retain the land until in the judgement …
18-8475 In Re Kevin Funk 2019-03-20 Denied IFP allodial-tenure constitutional-rights contract contract-interference due-process federal-land-patent irrevocable-trust land-ownership property-protection takings u.s.-constitution-article-one-section-ten Is there a right for the irrevocable trustee and patent holder to redress any breach of the trust and hold and retain the land until in the judgement …
18-8188 Jermaine C. Williams v. Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law contract contract-clause criminal-procedure due-process judgment judicial-review lower-tribunal plea-agreement sentencing united-states-constitution Whether the plea agreement affirmed by the lower tribunal judgment violated the contract and due process clauses of the United States Constitution
18-7709 John B. Laschkewitsch, as Administrator for the Estate of Ben Laschkewitsch v. Lincoln Life and Annuity Distributors, Inc., dba Lincoln Financial Group Fourth Circuit 2019-02-01 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appeals attorneys-fees breach-of-contract civil-rights contract costs diagnostic-disclosure due-process equal-protection insurance insurance-policy policy-contestability producer-agreement standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions governing the issues prese…
18-7691 Lakshmi Arunachalam v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied IFP america-invents-act civil-procedure civil-rights contract contract-grants due-process judicial-review patent patent-prosecution-history-estoppel patent-reexamination standing takings Whether the District Court and Circuit Court Judges have a duty to abide by the Constitution and rule per the Law of the Case and Law of the Land
18-7618 David S. Neal v. ASTA Funding, Inc. Third Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied IFP alternative-theories arbitration arbitration-agreement civil-procedure condition-precedent contract contract-law dispute-resolution due-process non-parties non-party-enforcement standing Can non-parties to a contract with an arbitration provision be compelled to arbitrate based on alternative theories when the contractual condition pre…
18-925 A-1 Premium Acceptance, Inc. v. Meeka Hunter Missouri 2019-01-16 Denied Response Waived arbitration-agreement arbitrator civil-procedure contract contract-law contract-validity dispute-resolution due-process federal-arbitration-act integral-term judicial-review section-5 statutory-interpretation Whether a statement in an arbitration agreement that a specific arbitrator is to be utilized is an integral term that prohibits application of §5 of t…
18-7418 Derrick T. Seals v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 851-enhancement ambiguous-plea contract criminal-procedure due-process enhancement government-breach ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines supervised-release Did government breach plea agreement/contract when defendant never agreed to enhancement?
18-828 Robert Ghiringhelli, et al. v. The Assurance Group, Inc. Sixth Circuit 2019-01-02 Denied Response Waived breach-of-contract civil-rights contract contract-law federal-preemption insurance insurance-industry insurance-law medicare medicare-regulations separate-accrual-rule statute-of-limitations Whether the separate accrual rule should apply to commissions earned by insurance agents and collected monthly by the insurance company, compelling ac…
18-7125 Refaat F. Abul Hosn v. Department of State, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP admitted-mistakes authority authority-regulation breach-of-contract civil-rights contract diplomatic-immunity foreign-sovereign-immunities fsia immunity international-law iraq-invasion legal-authority political-doctrine regulatory-compliance Was the immunity under the FSIA affected when the invasion of Iraq occurred?
18-700 Tiby J. Saunders-Gomez v. Rutledge Maintenance Corporation Delaware 2018-11-28 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law contract contract-law due-process equal-protection fair-debt-collection-practices-act jurisdiction statute-of-limitations Whether the Delaware Superior Court erred in asserting jurisdiction over a claim that exceeded the statute of limitations
18-610 TiEnergy, LLC v. Wisconsin Central Ltd. Seventh Circuit 2018-11-09 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure consignee-liability contract contract-law demurrage-charges seventh-circuit shipping-law statutory-interpretation summary-judgment Whether a party who has not agreed to be a consignee can nevertheless be liable for demurrage charges as a matter of law
18-6340 Kevin Williams v. Eric Safire, et al. California 2018-10-16 Denied IFP arbitration arbitration-agreement civil-procedure civil-rights contract court-of-appeal due-process involuntary-dismissal standing statutory-protection trial-by-jury Whether the California Court of Appeal erred in revoking the petitioner's statutory protection from involuntary dismissal
18-6338 Briand Williams v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel contract contract-law due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge plea-bargain statute-of-limitations Is a Plea Bargain Agreement a contract between the defendant and the prosecutor on behalf of the State, and can the defendant be relieved from the res…
18-390 Sandra Pletos, et vir v. Makower Abatte Guerra Wegner Vollmer, PLLC , et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-09-26 Denied Response Waived abuse civil-rights concealment contract contractual-rights debt-collection due-process fraud fraud-concealment homeowners-association rico-act rooker-feldman Whether Rooker-Feldman can be used to prevent parties from asserting their contractual rights, and new independent claims for relief based on statutes…
18-366 Roberta Golden, et vir v. George Peterson Massachusetts 2018-09-20 Denied contract due-process equitable-principles foreclosure fraud fraudulent-mortgage legal-mandates mortgage mortgage-fraud property-rights real-property standing Were Petitioners denied due process when the state refused to allow Petitioners to have a hearing on the nature of the illegality and instead conflate…
18-5931 John Laschkewitsch v. Legal & General America, Inc., dba Banner Life Insurance Company Fourth Circuit 2018-09-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights contestability-period contract due-process incontestable-period-violation insurance insurance-authorities insurance-contract insurance-policy-contract manifest-disregard perjury-fraud-on-court policy-interpretation statute-of-limitations statutes-of-limitation unfair-claim-settlement unfair-deceptive-trade-practices unfair-practices unfair-trade-practices Whether LGA can rely on a policy never issued or produced
18-276 Richard J. Baker v. Microsoft Corporation, et al. Federal Circuit 2018-09-04 Denied Response Waived article-i-section-8-clause-8 compensation constitutional-interpretation contract due-process government-compensation government-obligation invention-security judicial-procedure judicial-proceedings patent-infringement patent-rights property-protection property-rights takings trial Whether under rights given by Congress and contained in U.S. Constitution Article I Section 8 Clause 8 to all U.S. patent holders, courts must forward…
18-5661 Calvin Williams v. Samson Resources Corporation, et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights contract contract-dispute docket-interpretation due-process jurisdictional-challenge lease lease-validity oil-and-gas resource-rights standing takings well-ownership Does Samson Resources actually hold a valid lease with the petitioner?
18-157 James H. Brady v. Barbara Underwood, Attorney General of New York Second Circuit 2018-08-03 Denied Response Waived air-rights attorney-general civil-rights contract contract-enforcement contract-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment Fourteenth-Amendment-equal-protection judicial-misconduct standing takings Does the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee of equal protection under the law give Petitioner standing for the protection of his contract by the Attorney …
18-5200 Kerry Kruskal v. Allan Meltzer, et al. New Mexico 2018-07-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights collection-fees contract contract-dispute due-process judgment-lien punitive-damages standing takings trust-account Should Kruskal be entitled to a full release for paying off the entire judgment lien on 10/1/2015