contract-breach

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25-441 Guardian Flight, L.L.C., et al. v. Health Care Service Corporation Fifth Circuit 2025-10-10 Denied Amici (2) circuit-split contract-breach erisa-standing injury-in-fact no-surprises-act statutory-interpretation The No Surprises Act ("NSA") is Congress's solution to the problem of surprise medical bills. Under the NSA, insurers must cover services provided by …
25-88 Delco LLC, dba Delco Products v. Leviathan Group LLC Sixth Circuit 2025-07-23 Denied arbitration-award attorney-fees circuit-court-review contract-breach contract-deliverables michigan-law 1. Whether the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ("Sixth Circuit") erred by not remanding to the District Court to order Leviathan to pro…
24-1204 Yaakov Markel v. Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, a Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-05-27 Denied Response Waived contract-breach employment-law first-amendment ministerial-exception overtime-compensation religious-institutions Whether religious institutions can invoke the Ministerial Exception to breach contracts and avoid liability for employment claims
24-1125 ISS Aviation, Inc., Wyoming, et al. v. Bell Textron, Inc. Fifth Circuit 2025-05-01 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure contract-breach good-faith independent-representative quantum-meruit summary-judgment Did the district court misapply Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12 and 56 in ruling on Bell's contract breach and good faith obligations, and did the…
24-119 Alan Safahi v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-08-02 Denied civil-procedure contract-breach contract-law criminal-fraud criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-criminal-fraud federal-fraud fraudulent-inducement statutory-interpretation Whether a party who subsequently breaches a contract can be guilty of federal criminal fraud in the absence of fraudulent inducement
23-1335 Harley Marine Financing, LLC v. Tug Construction, LLC Ninth Circuit 2024-06-24 Denied Response Waived appellate-review bareboat-charter clearly-erroneous contract-breach evidentiary-support findings-of-fact maritime-law trial-record vessel-condition Whether the Ninth Circuit violated the fundamental principle of appellate review that a finding of fact is clearly erroneous if there is no evidentiar…
23-6778 In Re Reidie James Jackson 2024-02-16 Denied IFP breach-of-contract contract-breach court-of-appeals district-court expedited-relief expedited-review habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-delay release-pending Can the district court or Court of Appeals refuse to rule on Petitioner's motions for expedited review and for release pending adjudication in a habea…
23A690 Debra A. Charles v. Anna-Jonesboro National Bank, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-01-25 Presumed Complete bank-fraud contract-breach federal-jurisdiction fiduciary-duty pro-se-litigation venue-transfer Whether federal courts have jurisdiction over a civil case involving alleged contract breach, fiduciary duty violations, and fraud against a federally…
23-6548 Andrew Joseph Avitable, aka Andrew Joseph Larson v. Wyoming Wyoming 2024-01-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights contract-breach due-process equal-protection forma-pauperis indigent judicial-immunity pro-se-litigation state-law-interpretation Can a State create policies, rules, and/or laws that contradict the State's and US Constitutions; and create a situation in which only those with the …
23-305 Larry Rice v. Interfood, Inc., et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-09-26 Denied Relisted (2) 12(b)(6) circuit-split civil-procedure contract-breach dismissal federal-jurisdiction merits missouri-law redressability standing summary-judgment Whether a federal court can rule on the merits of a complaint or counterclaim without first ruling on standing
22-6056 Susan Kay Slivicki v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eighth Circuit 2022-11-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada-accommodation agency-misconduct civil-rights contract-breach defamation eeoc-retaliation employment-discrimination federal-employment geographic-exclusion non-communication owcp veterans-preference Contract-law,civil-rights,federal-employment,ada,veterans-preference,hippa
22-5280 Raj K. Patel v. United States Federal Circuit 2022-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1491(a) big-tucker-act contract-breach discretionary-power due-process due-process-cl-prejudice federal-claims-court judicial-review u.s.-const.-amend.-v united-states-v.-mitchell united-states-v.-navajo-nation Whether the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit abused its discretion or erroneously reasoned and concluded that the claim of breach of United St…
21-1600 Jian-Yun Dong, aka John Dong v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-06-28 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2461c asset-seizure breach-of-contract contract-breach criminal-forfeiture federal-criminal-law honeycutt-precedent honeycutt-v-united-states ownership-interest personal-gain statutory-interpretation Whether a criminal forfeiture judgment is permitted under Honeycutt v. United States
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?
20-6998 Clara Lewis Brockington v. Ronald L. Havner, Jr., et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-01-29 Denied IFP breach-of-contract civil-contract contract-breach contract-enforcement damages district-manager legal-remedy south-carolina-law storage-auction verbal-agreement written-contract Why did Danielle Jones, District Manager make a verbal contractual agreement that was not included in the written contract?
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?
19-5816 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…
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?
18-7554 Jack Ferm v. Office of the Attorney General of Nevada Nevada 2019-01-24 Denied IFP attorney-general-misconduct contract-breach contract-damages fair-dealing false-statement gainful-employment good-faith good-faith-and-fair-dealing implied-covenant implied-covenant-of-good-faith-and-fair-dealing plea-agreement restitution Whether the court below erroneously held that a false statement by the Attorney General did not breach the plea agreement or the 'Spirit the contract'…
18-7472 Cynthia M. Yoder v. Good Will Steam Fire Engine Company No. 1, et al. Third Circuit 2019-01-17 Denied IFP civil-procedure contract-breach elder-abuse fair-debt-collections-act fraud procedural-violations section-1983 unjust-enrichment Has FRAUD been committed on the Court leading to numerous clear legal errors for unjust enrichment of Appellee?