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25-6517 Ammon Ra Sumrall v. Georgia Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-08 Pending IFP damages government-official individual-capacity religious-freedom rluipa statutory-interpretation The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. 2000cc et seq., like the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 199…
25-625 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, a Japanese Corporation, et al. v. Painters and Allied Trades District Council 82 Health Care Fund, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-12-02 Pending Amici (2) circuit-split class-certification damages representative-evidence rico rule-23 This case involves a multibillion-dollar civil RICO class action covering tens of thousands of third-party payors that reimbursed millions of prescrip…
25-6115 Anton Lazzaro v. LGM Consulting Group, Inc. Florida 2025-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights contract-law damages first-amendment fundraising political-speech The State of Florida authorizes political fundraising consultants to recover expectancy damages in breach of contract actions against political campai…
24-19 James LeBlanc v. Brian McNeal Fifth Circuit 2024-07-09 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights confinement damages due-process habeas-corpus preiser-v-rodriguez release-date state-prisoner wilkinson-v-dotson Whether a state prisoner alleging unlawful confinement beyond his proper release date may sue for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
24-5017 Aaron Abadi v. Indiana Civil Rights Commission, et al. Indiana 2024-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada-standing civil-rights civil-rights-law congress covid-19-mandate damages damages-claim due-process judicial-resolution mootness mootness-doctrine standing Does denial-of-standing-and-mootness-claim-remain-appropriate-in-ADA-and-Indiana-Civil-Rights-Law-violations-case-seeking-damages
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
23-1243 Kirk Johnston v. Chad Kroeger, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-24 Denied Relisted (2) access access-evidence copyright-infringement damages damages-discovery expert-evidence expert-testimony musicology substantial-similarity summary-judgment Whether the courts can disregard expert evidence and make factual determinations on substantial-similarity and access at the summary-judgment stage, d…
23-1197 Damon Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-07 Granted CVSGAmici (37)Relisted (3) civil-rights constitutional-law damages government-official-liability individual-capacity-damages qualified-immunity religious-freedom religious-land-use spending-clause statutory-interpretation Whether an individual may sue a government official in his individual capacity for damages for violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionali…
23-1191 Dru Choker, et al. v. National Veterinary Associates, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-03 Denied Response Waived antitrust antitrust-standing civil-procedure conspiracy damage-relief damages impending-injury monopolistic-behavior monopoly sherman-act standing Whether a party injured by antitrust behavior leading to a monopolistic end has standing for damage relief under the Sherman Act's 15 U.S.C. §§ 1, 2, …
23-1047 HSU Contracting, LLC v. Holton-Arms School, Inc. Maryland 2024-03-21 Denied Response Waived aia-contract commerce-clause construction-industry construction-law contract-interpretation damages equal-protection small-businesses standard-contract-terms Whether the Maryland court violated the Commerce Clause and Equal Protection Clause in its interpretation of the AIA construction contract
23-776 Jeffrey B. Israelitt v. Enterprise Services LLC Fourth Circuit 2024-01-17 Denied ada-retaliation americans-with-disabilities-act anti-retaliation-provision circuit-split civil-rights damages due-process federal-law jury-trial standing Whether the Americans with Disabilities Act provides for damages (and therefore a trial by jury) in cases alleging that an employer has violated the A…
23-648 Brinker International, Inc. v. Eric Steinmetz, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-15 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure class-action class-certification consumer-credit damages damages-uniformity federal-rules-of-civil-procedure individualized-injury predominance-requirement rule-23 rules-enabling-act Whether a class can be certified by ignoring individualized issues of damages and injury and instead proposing to award every class member the same 'a…
23A533 Visa Inc., et al. v. National ATM Council, Inc., et al. District of Columbia 2023-12-12 Presumed Complete antitrust class-certification damages predominance rule-23 sherman-act Whether a class action can be certified under Rule 23(b)(3) when plaintiffs' proposed method of proving classwide injury is merely 'colorable' or 'rea…
23-580 Lisa O'Brien, et al. v. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Second Circuit 2023-11-30 Denied anti-terrorism-act damages federal-courts federal-statute preemption state-law statute-of-limitations wrongful-death Whether Congress intended to preempt state wrongful death distribution laws in enacting the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA)
23-386 Tata Consultancy Services Limited, et al. v. Epic Systems Corporation Seventh Circuit 2023-10-12 Denied Response Waived avoided-costs civil-procedure damages due-process economic-harm federal-courts legal-damages punitive-damages trade-secret trade-secrets unjust-enrichment Whether avoided costs are available as unjust enrichment damages
23-366 Micah Uetricht, et al. v. Chicago Parking Meters, LLC Seventh Circuit 2023-10-05 Denied Response Waived active-supervision antitrust antitrust-law damages monopoly monopoly-restriction municipal-contract parker-doctrine parker-v-brown sherman-act state-action-doctrine state-action-exemption Does the City of Chicago 'actively supervise' a private monopoly like CPM's when CPM can only restrict the City's interference with its monopoly by re…
23-306 The TriZetto Group, Inc., et al. v. Syntel Sterling Best Shores Mauritius Limited, et al. Second Circuit 2023-09-26 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived actual-loss avoided-costs circuit-split damages defend-trade-secrets-act federal-statute misappropriation trade-secrets unjust-enrichment Whether a plaintiff may seek avoided costs as a measure of unjust-enrichment damages if and only if the plaintiff has suffered a 'compensable harm bey…
22-7849 Jensen Ken Alexander v. Joseph Ely, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-06-22 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure damages due-process free-speech judicial-discretion legal-standards religious-claims standing state-court-review Whether the regional ombudsman and the officials of the Common Cause Task Force violated the Petitioner's First Amendment rights under the U.S. Consti…
22-7535 Delroy Booth v. Lieutenant R. Allen, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-05-11 Denied IFP administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies civil-rights damages discretionary-review district-court-jurisdiction due-process judicial-procedure prisoner-rights procedural-standards remedy-exhaustion retaliation Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the district court's dismissal of the petitioner's complaint alleging retaliation, de…
22-7489 Theodore Dean Acosta v. Glen Wilson, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-05-09 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-guarantees constitutional-rights damages due-process exoneration legal-representation political-motivation standing statute-of-limitations Does an exonerated person have a right to be made whole after being denied due process and suffering additional punishments?
22-7477 Douglas Manning v. Sgt. St. Paul, et al. Third Circuit 2023-05-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights culpability damages defendant-rights due-process evidence-interference judicial-discretion legal-standard plaintiff-burden representation standing Was the defendant's representation related to the harmful consequence to the plaintiff that he should be held responsible for?
22-7341 Donnie Earl Phillips, Jr. v. Robert Ray Cowie, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-04-21 Denied IFP civil-conspiracy civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations damages due-process illegal-prosecution immunity legal-remedy malicious-prosecution prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified
22-7082 Crystal G. Jordan v. Atlanta Public Schools Eleventh Circuit 2023-03-23 Denied IFP civil-rights damages due-process employment-termination fmla fmla-retaliation medical-leave retaliation temporal-proximity workplace-discrimination Is an email proof of pretext for unlawful retaliation?
22-771 Renè Joseph Foley Bey, et ux. v. Steve Prator, Sheriff, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-02-16 Denied 7th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights common-law constitution damages due-process jury-trial legal-rights Does the Constitution guarantee the right to a jury trial in suits at common law exceeding $20?
22-6761 Joshua David Lambert v. Washington Washington 2023-02-10 Denied IFP civil-procedure copyright-law criminal-procedure damages due-process jurisdiction legal-notice right-to-counsel sentencing statutory-interpretation waiver-of-counsel Can a defendant waive counsel to some charges but not all charges, and is the waiver still valid if the defendant is not apprised of the potential pun…
22-6707 Alfred E. Caraffa v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-02-06 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims damages due-process habeas-corpus immunity ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief procedural-default standing state-court-review Whether the federal district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims as unconstitutional acts done within the court's jurisdiction?
22-670 Pacesetter Consulting, LLC v. Herbert A. Kapreilian, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-01-20 Denied Response Waived arizona-law civil-procedure damages damages-rule federal-courts federal-procedure service-of-process special-appearance statute-of-limitations waiver-doctrine Whether defendants who make a purported 'special appearance' and obtain dismissal from a case without prejudice must be served with an amended complai…
22-567 Gary Mattos, et al. v. AFSCME Council 3 Fourth Circuit 2022-12-20 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 agency-fees civil-rights constitutional-rights damages first-amendment good-faith good-faith-defense section-1983 state-law state-law-immunity Does defendant's good-faith reliance on a state law before it was held unconstitutional shield it from damages liability for taking agency fees from P…
22-482 Kevin Kerveng Tung, P.C., et al. v. Janet Yijuan Fou New Jersey 2022-11-21 Denied Relisted (2) attorney-fees causation causation-damages constitutional-rights damages due-process jury-award legal-malpractice Whether the Petitioner's constitutional right to due process was violated
22-465 Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP, et al. v. International Paper Company, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) cercla cercla-statute-of-limitations contribution contribution-action damages declaratory-judgment environmental-liability judicial-interpretation response-costs statute-of-limitations Does a bare declaratory judgment that determines liability but imposes no 'costs' and awards no 'damages' trigger CERCLA's three-year statute of limit…
22-5933 Gennett M. Holmes-Smith v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit 2022-10-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights damages due-process federal-jurisdiction medical-malpractice standing Whether the federal court had jurisdiction to hear the case against the hospital and Department of Labor
22-5765 Ryanne Parker, Individually and on Behalf of Her Minor Daughter, N. P. v. West Carroll Special School District Sixth Circuit 2022-10-05 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-exhaustion administrative-procedure americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights damages disabilities-education-act exhaustion-of-remedies rehabilitation-act remedies statutory-interpretation Whether the HCPA commands an exhaustion of such in a suit, brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act, that seeks da…
22-228 In Re Urvashi Bhagat 2022-09-12 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-immunity bad-faith damages federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion mandamus patent-examination patent-rights takings takings-claim Whether the District Court abused discretion and obstructed justice
22-187 County of Orange, California, et al. v. Kathy Craig, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-08-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 circuit-split civil-rights damages due-process federal-court section-1983 state-law survival-claim survival-claims Must a federal court apply a state law prohibition on 'loss of life' damages in survival claims pursued via 42 U.S.C. § 1983?
22-5257 Daryl Stephen v. New York New York 2022-08-02 Denied IFP attorney-conduct attorney-misconduct civil-procedure damages legal-ethics legal-malpractice professional-responsibility professional-standards standing tort-law Whether the petitioner's attorney committed legal malpractice by contravening the law
22-2 Susan M. Boltz-Rubinstein v. Bank of America, N.A. Third Circuit 2022-06-30 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-362 agency-relationship automatic-stay bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-stay contractual-control damages damages-limitation lift-stay mortgage-servicer Whether a purported agency relationship between a lift stay beneficiary and a mortgage servicer is a defense to an uncontested stay violation under th…
22-6 Mortgage Resolution Servicing, LLC, et al. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al. Second Circuit 2022-06-30 Denied Response Waived breach-of-contract civil-procedure civil-rights continuing-violation damages due-process mortgage-loans standing statute-of-limitations summary-judgment Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred in its holding regarding damages
21-8220 Mary Alice Nelson-Rogers v. Internal Revenue Service, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-06-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-limitations damages federal-court-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction internal-revenue-code moot-controversies mootness standing Question not identified
21-1578 Quannah L. Harris v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-06-22 Denied bankruptcy-procedure civil-procedure damages fraud fraud-claims fraudulent-intent materiality reliance rule-9b Did the Court misapprehended the law and facts in affirming the District Court's decision to dismiss the fraud claims based on the failure to state a …
21-1408 Peter Efo v. Diane Fondjo Maryland 2022-05-02 Denied 13th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-order damages due-process employment-law labor labor-rights restitution thirteenth-amendment Whether a Court Order for refund of paid labor cost for work ordered by an employer and was completed by a laborer violates the U.S.C. Amendment XIII …
21-7556 Jeffrey L. G. Johnson, et al. v. Stephen R. Clark, Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-proceedings civil-rights constitutional-rights damages due-process federal-claim federal-damages fourth-amendment governmental-privilege search-and-seizure Does violation of an individual's Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure give rise to a federal claim for damages
21-1267 Cisco Systems, Inc. v. SRI International, Inc. Federal Circuit 2022-03-18 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived civil-procedure damages egregious-conduct federal-circuit halo-electronics judicial-discretion patent patent-damages statutory-interpretation willful-infringement Whether enhanced damages under 35 U.S.C. § 284 may be awarded absent a finding of egregious infringement behavior
21-1231 Priscilla Lefebure v. Samuel D'Aquilla, Individually and in His Official Capacity as District Attorney Fifth Circuit 2022-03-10 Denied Amici (4) article-iii-standing causation civil-rights damages discriminatory-policy district-attorney due-process equal-protection sexual-assault standing Whether a rape victim has Article III standing to sue for damages
21-1107 FTS USA, LLC, et al. v. Edward Monroe, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-02-10 Denied Response Waived class-certification collective-action damages due-process fair-labor-standards-act representative-sample representative-testimony seventh-amendment Whether the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Due Process Clause permit a collective action to be certified and tried to verdict based upon testimony f…
21-1038 John B. Kenney v. City of San Diego, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-01-25 Denied Response Waived brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-rights damages due-process equal-protection first-amendment judicial-misconduct retaliation standing Whether the video evidence of criminal and constitutional violations by law enforcement was improperly suppressed
21-968 Fairfax County School Board v. Jane Doe Fourth Circuit 2022-01-06 Denied CVSGAmici (3)Relisted (4) actual-knowledge civil-rights damages deliberate-indifference due-process funding-recipient spending-clause student-harassment title-ix Whether a funding recipient may be liable in damages in a private action under Davis when the recipient's response did not itself cause any harassment…
21-565 Olga Pavlovna Blakley v. Milling, Benson, Woodward, L.L.P. Fifth Circuit 2021-10-20 Denied contract-location contractual-obligations damages damages-jurisdiction judicial-bias legal-malpractice out-of-state-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction representation-agreement Whether an out-of-state law firm is subject to specific in-personam jurisdiction in the client's home state, where the client signed the representatio…
21-577 Fredric N. Eshelman v. Puma Biotechnology, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2021-10-20 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure damages damages-challenge defamation federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judgment-as-matter-of-law rule-50 sufficiency-of-evidence unitherm unitherm-precedent Whether a defendant who did not file a Rule 50 motion for judgment as a matter of law in the district court can nonetheless raise a sufficiency of the…
21-5966 Cecile Andrea Brown v. John C. Coughenour, Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-10-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii-standing civil-rights constitutional-rights damages due-process fundamental-rights government-accountability judicial-review mootness nominal-damages standing Whether nominal damages account for harms associated with past constitutional violations
21-480 William D. Brice v. California Faculty Association Ninth Circuit 2021-09-30 Denied 42-usc-1983 agency-fees civil-rights damages first-amendment good-faith good-faith-defense monetary-damages retrospective-liability statute-of-limitations union-dues Whether an affirmative good faith defense denying damages to the victims of First Amendment wrongdoing is faithful to the language and purpose of 42 U…
21-5834 Mechele R. Parker v. Sara LaRosa, et al. District of Columbia 2021-09-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights damages federal-cause-of-action fourth-amendment law-enforcement rico-act unlawful-search unlawful-searches-and-seizures What is the U.S. Supreme Court's Ruling On All Members To A Conspiracy?
21-428 Rocket Mortgage, LLC, fka Quicken Loans Inc., et al. v. Phillip Alig, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-09-21 GVR Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) article-iii-standing circuit-split civil-rights class-action damages due-process financial-injury injury mortgage-lending standing standing-doctrine Whether basing Article III standing to seek damages on a mere risk of harm, without evidence that the harm ever materialized
21-424 KD, et ux., as Parents, Natural Guardians, and Next Friends of Minor LD v. Douglas County School District No. 001, aka Omaha Public Schools, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-09-20 Denied Response Waived civil-damages civil-procedure civil-rights damages default-judgment due-process jury-trial victim-rights willful-blindness Whether a convicted rapist sued by the victim may deprive the victim of trial by jury to determine damages by defaulting and declining to respond to t…
21-5569 Patrick Charles v. Caliber Home Loans, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-09-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation damages disability due-process elder-abuse emotional-distress fair-debt-collection judicial-bias property-rights wrongful-eviction Do the defendants have the right to abuse an elderly and disabled person without the law doing anything about it?
20-1534 Patrick Doughty, et al. v. State Employees’ Association of New Hampshire, SEIU Local 1984, CTW, CLC First Circuit 2021-05-04 Denied Amici (1) 42-usc-1983 agency-fees compelled-association compelled-speech damages first-amendment restitution section-1983 Does a First Amendment compelled speech and association claim for damages or restitution brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 require a plaintiff to prove m…
20-7762 Biner Ma v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights damages due-process federal-rules jurisdiction misrepresentation reliance standing Whether a plaintiff has standing to sue while she did not act in reliance on the defendant's misrepresentation but another party acted in reliance on …
20-7736 John H. Schoppe v. Utah, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-agencies administrative-law agency-misconduct civil-rights constitutional-rights damages damages-claim due-process injunctive-relief pro-se standing Whether the petitioner has standing to bring claims against the defendants for alleged abuse, negligence, incompetence, conspiracy, malfeasance, and d…
20-1383 Arthur Diamond, et al. v. Pennsylvania State Education Association, et al. Third Circuit 2021-04-02 Denied 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights damages damages-liability first-amendment good-faith-defense retroactivity section-1983 union-fees Is there a good-faith defense to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that shields a defendant from damages liability for depriving citizens of their constitutional right…
20-7518 In Re Jack Stone 2021-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedures-act custody-after-abduction damages due-process equal-protection international-child-abduction passport-issuance passport-reissuance visa-approval-denial visa-processing International-child-abduction,custody-after-abduction,passport-reissuance,administrative-procedures-act,damages,visa-approval-denial
20-1067 Maria M. Rosas v. Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation, dba Advocate Christ Medical Center, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-02-04 Denied Response Waived civil-rights damages disability equitable-tolling fourth-amendment section-1983 statute-of-limitations Whether the statute of limitations on a § 1983 claim seeking damages under the Fourth Amendment for deprivation of liberty can be equitably tolled whe…
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?
20-1008 State Farm Life Insurance Company v. Michael G. Vogt Eighth Circuit 2021-01-27 Denied Amici (3) class-certification class-members class-representative damages damages-model fail-safe-class intraclass-conflict rule-23 universal-life-insurance Whether Rule 23 allows class certification where the damages models offered by the class representative would harm a substantial number of class membe…
20-6649 El Aemer El Mujaddid v. Andrew Brewer, et al. Third Circuit 2020-12-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-process civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights damages damages-remedy due-process state-actors statute-of-limitations subpoena subpoena-abuse Does 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 18 U.S.C. § 1595 create a damages remedy against state actors for abuse of invalid subpoena?
20-781 United States, ex rel. Concilio de Salud Integral de Loíza, Inc., et al. v. J.C. Remodeling, Inc., et al. First Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied Relisted (2) benefit-of-bargain benefit-of-the-bargain circuit-split damages damages-calculation false-claims-act intangible-benefits prejudice tainted-claim-theory treble-damages Whether courts should allow gross trebling or net trebling of damages under the False Claims Act
20-6527 Byron Brown v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review bivens civil-rights criminal-procedure damages due-process federal-government legal-interpretation seventh-circuit writ-of-certiorari Whether the Seventh Circuit erred in affirming the district court's dismissal of petitioner's civil rights claims against the United States government…
20-6222 Brenda L. White v. Yang Acupuncture, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied IFP damages medical-ethics medical-malpractice patient-consent patient-safety patient-trust professional-accountability professional-negligence standard-of-care unauthorized-treatment Is it lawful for a medical professional to injure a patient and just walk away?
20-416 Jon C. Caldara, et al. v. City of Boulder, Colorado, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-10-01 Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights damages due-process federal-jurisdiction fundamental-rights judicial-abstention pullman-abstention Is Pullman abstention appropriate where abstaining has a chilling effect on the exercise of a natural, fundamental, constitutionally protected right?
20-355 Arctic Cat Inc. v. Bombardier Recreational Products Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2020-09-17 Dismissed Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse Waived 35-usc-287 damages federal-circuit infringement-notice marking-statute notice-of-infringement patent-act patent-damages patent-marking statutory-interpretation willful-infringement Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that 'notified of the infringement' and 'such notice' under §287(a) refer only to communications from th…
20-362 Cochlear Corporation, et al. v. Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research, et al. Federal Circuit 2020-09-17 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 35-usc-284 apportionment book-of-wisdom circuit-split damages damages-calculation hypothetical-negotiation patent-infringement reasonable-royalty sinclair-refining Whether the Federal Circuit has misapplied the 'book of wisdom' set forth in Sinclair Refining Co. v. Jenkins Petroleum Process Co.
20-297 TransUnion LLC v. Sergio L. Ramirez Ninth Circuit 2020-09-08 Judgment Issued Amici (28) article-iii-standing civil-rights class-action damages due-process fair-credit-reporting-act punitive-damages standing statutory-damages Whether either Article III or Rule 23 permits a damages class action where the vast majority of the class suffered no actual injury, let alone an inju…
19-1394 Edward Ronny Arnold v. Herbert Slatery, III, Attorney General of Tennessee Sixth Circuit 2020-06-19 Denied Response Waived appeals civil-action civil-procedure civil-procedure-rooker-feldman civil-rights damages due-process federal-courts legal-fees pro-se-litigation rooker-feldman-doctrine sixth-circuit-court standing state-courts state-employee-wages Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit misapplied the Rooker-Feldman doctrine
19-1386 D. C., a Minor, By and Through His Guardian ad Litem, Helen Garter v. San Diego County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-06-17 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure class-certification collateral-estoppel damages damages-analysis issue-certification negative-value predominance predominance-test rule-23 superiority Does rule 23(c)(4) require common questions to predominate over individual ones within the specific issues certified rather than the entire cause of a…
19-8609 Madhu Sameer v. Sameer Khera, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-06-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights damages declarative-relief district-court due-process injunctive-relief legal-malpractice standing unconstitutional-judgment void-judgments Whether District Court's Characterisation of a suit seeking injunctive, declarative relief and damages against making of Unconstitutional and Void Jud…
19-8512 Alexander P. Mhlanga v. Jennifer Hicks Sixth Circuit 2020-05-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights damages due-process qualified-immunity Whether the defendant violated the plaintiff's constitutional rights under the Fourth Amendment and Equal Protection Clause
19-1290 Michael T. Bennett v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC Eleventh Circuit 2020-05-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) admissions-of-guilt character-design civil-procedure copyright-infringement damages defamation discovery intellectual-property plagiarism poor-man's-copyright standing If the Court finds that the Marvel Character 'Falcon' in the 2014 Captain America The Winter Soldier movie looks strikingly similar from the neck down…
19-8459 Todd Erling Becker v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure copyright-infringement damages fair-use intellectual-property substantial-similarity Whether the lower court erred in its application of the 'substantial similarity' test in a copyright infringement case
19-1259 Carlos Loumiet v. United States, et al. District of Columbia 2020-04-30 Denied Response Waived bivens-remedy civil-procedure civil-rights damages due-process federal-courts forum-of-defense standing takings Whether the Court of Appeals correctly concluded that a forum of defense and an unrelated fee-shifting statute preclude a Bivens remedy
19-8265 Jerry Wilson Hartley v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-interpretation damages due-process judicial-review legal-scope procedural-rights qualified-immunity standing state-actor Are the actions of a district court in denying a motion to dismiss a civil rights claim for damages against a state actor constitutional?
19-1124 Chrimar Systems, Inc., dba CMS Technologies, Inc., et al. v. Ale USA Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2020-03-13 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) administrative-agency administrative-law administrative-review article-iii-court article-iii-courts article-iii-jurisdiction damages damages-judgment executive-branch-decision federal-circuit finality finality-standard patent-infringement patent-law-finality patent-trial-and-appeal-board patent-validity standard-of-review Whether the Federal Circuit may apply a finality standard for patent cases that conflicts with the standard applied by this Court and all other circui…
19-1114 National Collegiate Athletic Association, et al. v. New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, Inc. Third Circuit 2020-03-11 Denied civil-procedure damages equitable-discretion federal-rules-of-civil-procedure injunction injunction-bond permanent-injunction rule-65(c) rule-65c sports-gambling temporary-restraining-order Whether a party was 'wrongfully enjoined' under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c) when the district court confirmed via the grant of a permanent i…
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…
19-7736 Silvester Woods v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-02-21 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights complaint court-of-appeals damages district-court due-process emotional-distress employment intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress jurisdiction representation standing Whether the WMATA and ATU Local 689 presented unjustified excuses to reinstate the plaintiff and deny representation, and whether the district court a…
19-7660 Ronald Blue West v. United States Third Circuit 2020-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-exhaustion breach-of-duty causation civil-rights constitutional-rights damages duty-of-care federal-tort-claims-act prisoner-protection subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the district court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's civil rights and FTCA claims for failure to allege a physical injury
19-7441 Anthony Earl Ridley v. Board of County Commissioners of Sedgwick County, Kansas, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation damages due-process exhaustion-of-remedies section-1983 sovereign-immunity standing state-employee Whether Petitioner's request for compensatory damages is barred by 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(e)
19-6944 Bahman Khodayari v. City of Los Angeles, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-16 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights damages discovery due-process nominal-damages rule-26 rule-26(a)(1)(A)(ii) rule-37 rule-37(c)(1) rule-41 rule-41(b) sanctions section-1983 Does the Ninth Circuit's affirmance of the District Court's dismissal of a Petitioner's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim under Fed.R.Civ.P. Rule 41(b) due to Ru…
19-768 Sherard Martin v. Davis Marinez, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-12-16 Denied Response Waived attorneys-fees civil-damages civil-rights constitutional-rights damages due-process economic-loss exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment illegal-search illegal-stop incarceration police-misconduct standing Whether a plaintiff whose fourth amendment rights have been violated may be automatically denied damages for subsequent incarceration, attorneys fees,…
19-654 Kaleida Health, dba Buffalo General Medical Center v. Kathleen Biondo Second Circuit 2019-11-21 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights damages due-process eleventh-circuit gebser-standard gebser-v-lago-vista intentional-discrimination monetary-damages official official-decision rehabilitation-act second-circuit standing Whether the Gebser standard applies to the Rehabilitation Act
19-620 Christian K. Narkiewicz-Laine v. Kevin C. Doyle, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-11-14 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure common-law copyright criminal-conviction damages prejudice prejudicial-evidence prior-criminal-conviction state-common-law statutory-damages visual-artists-rights-act Is a plaintiff prevented from collecting statutory damages under the Visual Artists Rights Act as well as under state common-law for damages to the sa…
19-5940 Scott Peters v. Young Sun Kim Seventh Circuit 2019-09-13 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure damages due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ninth-circuit post-conviction standing state-court Whether the District Court erred in dismissing Petitioner's claims
19-240 Noah Thomas Ballard v. Vicky Lynn Ballard Tennessee 2019-08-23 Denied Response Waived attorney-malpractice attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights damages divorce-decree due-process judicial-misconduct judicial-review legal-malpractice punitive-damages standing supreme-court-review Can the No. 2016DV97 decree be overruled and $77K awarded to the petitioner?
19-137 Vibe Micro, Inc. v. SIG Capital, LLC Ninth Circuit 2019-07-29 Denied bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-statute circuit-split damages federal-procedure involuntary-bankruptcy involuntary-petition non-debtor non-debtor-relief standing statutory-interpretation Whether 11 U.S.C. § 303(i) forbids non-debtors from obtaining relief from an improper bankruptcy filing
19-5302 Bryant Keith Williams v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2019-07-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 8th-amendment appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment damages due-process free-speech habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct standing Whether the State of Florida can impose a life sentence on an individual despite a jury's recommendation of a lesser sentence
19-118 Intermessage Communications, Inc. v. Ameritech Mobile Communications, Inc., et al. Ohio 2019-07-25 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights damages due-process legal-remedy ohio-supreme-court remedy standing wrongful-conduct Whether the Ohio Supreme Court has violated Petitioners' due process rights
19-71 FNU Tanzin, et al. v. Muhammad Tanvir, et al. Second Circuit 2019-07-12 Judgment Issued Amici (15)Relisted (2) administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights damages damages-liability due-process federal-employees free-speech religious-freedom rfra standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1998, 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seqg., permits suits seeking money damages against individual federal emplo…
18-1580 Craig Ross, et al. v. Board of Trustees of California State University Ninth Circuit 2019-06-26 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights damages due-process duplicative-actions eeoc-investigation free-speech individual-capacity-suit preliminary-injunction sovereign-immunity standing title-vii Can an earlier-commenced Title VII case against the State of California be foreclosed as duplicative of a later-commenced 42 USC §1981 / 42 USC §1983 …
18-9353 Trista Rodriguez v. Nationwide Homes, Inc., et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-05-21 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law damages due-process evidence standing When does token for lawfulness purpose constitute evidence that constitutional and civil rights were violated by the defendants in establishing an inj…
18-1420 Timothy Burns v. Alabama Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-13 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment citizenship civil-rights constitution constitutional-protection court-procedure court-reporting custody damages discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-conduct legal-damages standing Are Plaintiff and minor child A.B. citizens of the United States?
18-1356 Dayo Adetu, et al. v. Sidwell Friends School District of Columbia 2019-04-29 Denied Response Waived academic-deference civil-rights damages discrimination human-rights-act material-adverse-action material-adversity non-pecuniary-damages retaliation retaliation-claims settlement-agreement summary-judgment Whether the D.C. Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court's grant of summary judgment on the grounds that non-pecuniary damages were not pe…
18-1339 Mark Anthony Fornesa, et al. v. Fifth Third Mortgage Company Fifth Circuit 2019-04-25 Denied Response Waived ' 'appeals' ' 'bankruptcy-law" ' 'civil-rights" ' 'constitutional-law" ' 'foreclosure" ' 'fraud" automatic-stay bankruptcy bankruptcy-stay constitutional-rights constitutional-validity constitutional-violation damages debtor-rights eviction foreclosure foreclosure-fraud fraud-allegation mortgage-dispute mortgage-law property-seizure Unlawful seizure of debtor's property during bankruptcy without relief from stay, fraud against the United States, violation of 4th and 7th Amendment …
18-8925 Charles Reginald Cooks v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2019-04-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure damages due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief standing Whether the complaint named the defendant in their true names, with statements that are true
18-8488 Ronald E. Mitchell v. Anne L. Precythe, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights damages due-process eighth-amendment false-arrest liberty-interest missouri-corrections missouri-statute qualified-immunity wrongful-imprisonment Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claim for wrongful imprisonment despite evidence that the conduct violation was later …
18-8310 Azhar Lal v. B. G. Flores, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment damages deliberate-indifference due-process medical-treatment prisoner-rights standing Whether the prison doctor's deliberate failure to provide insulin treatment for a diabetic inmate's serious medical need amounts to cruel and unusual …
18-1146 Johanna Ong, et al. v. Hudson County Superior Court, et al. Third Circuit 2019-03-05 Denied Response Waived 8th-amendment bodily-harm civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations damages due-process eighth-amendment sovereign-immunity standing statute-of-limitations Did the lower courts repeatedly violate the Petitioners' Constitutional protections, including Fifth/Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Rights and Eight…
18-1120 Theresa Riffey, et al. v. J. B. Pritzker, Governor of Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-02-27 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights class-action constitutional-rights damages due-process first-amendment free-speech harris-precedent janus-precedent janus-v-afscme standing subjective-opposition union-fees First Amendment injury to individuals from whom union fees were seized without consent
18-7738 Kukia R. Farrish v. Navy Federal Credit Union Fourth Circuit 2019-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights consumer-financial-protection-bureau consumer-protection credit-card-agreement credit-report credit-reporting damages debt-collection digital-forensics document-manipulation due-process electronic-evidence evidentiary-standards federal-credit-union financial-regulation judicial-review procedural-integrity Whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unlawfully collected debts from the petitioner, and whether the petitioner is entitled to compensatio…
18-923 Carol Coghlan Carter, Next Friend of A. D., C. C., L. G., and C. R., et al. v. Tara Katuk Mac Lean Sweeney, Assistant Secretary of Bureau of Indian Affairs, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Response Waived civil-rights civil-rights-act damages declaratory-relief due-process mootness prospective-relief retrospective-relief standing title-vi Whether claims for declaratory and damages relief to redress past injuries under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 are moot when no prospective…
18-7435 James Arthur Biggins v. Carl C. Danberg, et al. Third Circuit 2019-01-15 Denied IFP 35-usc-101 civil-procedure damages due-process jurisdiction patent patent-eligibility patent-infringement patent-law standing takings Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant patent law statutes
18-7183 Christopher Jude Martin v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP consequential-damages criminal-law criminal-valuation damages enhancements evidence legal-damages property-damage restitution restitution-order sufficiency-of-evidence valuation Whether there was sufficient evidence that the value of the items at the time that Mr. Martin damaged them was over $1,000?
18-7002 Clifton Stanley Diaz, Jr. v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority District of Columbia 2018-12-13 Denied IFP appeal appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law damages default-judgment due-process employment judicial-review legal-procedure motion reinstatement remand standing statutory-interpretation Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit erred in denying the plaintiff's request for monetary damages and reinstatement to his job
18-6392 Mohsen Khoshmood v. Eastern Market Management District of Columbia 2018-10-19 Denied IFP civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights damages disability-discrimination due-process false-arrest free-speech government-misconduct law-enforcement police-misconduct standing Whether the petitioner is entitled to $100 million in damages for violations of their constitutional rights, including due process, equal protection, …
18-423 Christopher Barrella v. Village of Freeport, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights damages due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure golden-rule-argument jury-instructions liability liability-determination new-trial standing Whether a lawyer's invitation to the jury to imagine themselves in the shoes of an interested party in determining either liability or damages is impr…
18-6130 Gregory D. Kilpatrick v. Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of New York Second Circuit 2018-09-28 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights damages due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus notice standing Whether the court erred in dismissing the petition for writ of certiorari
18-6114 Linh Thi Minh Tran v. Kathy Hung Pham Oregon 2018-09-27 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-dismissal damages disability due-process guardian-ad-litem legal-standing medical-damages negligence personal-injury real-party-in-interest standing vegetative-state Did the trial court err in granting General Judgment of Dismissal in favor of defendant Kathy Hung Pham?
18-378 Merck & Co., Inc., et al. v. Gilead Sciences, Inc. Federal Circuit 2018-09-24 Denied Amici (2) civil-procedure damages equitable-defense jury-verdict legal-relief patent separation-of-powers seventh-amendment unclean-hands Whether the equitable defense of unclean hands precludes legal relief in the form of damages
18-289 Alfred DeGennaro v. American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida, et al. Third Circuit 2018-09-06 Denied Response Waived burden-of-proof circuit-court-split circuit-split civil-procedure-pleading-standards damages damages-calculation due-process fraud grubbs-v-kanneganti insurance-fraud monetary-value pleading-requirements pleading-standards rule-9b story-v-parchment supreme-court-precedent Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals improperly stated the law
18-5489 Min Ho Kwon v. Hyoun Phil Won, et al. Virginia 2018-08-08 Denied IFP assault civil-procedure civil-rights damages due-process employment injury insurance-claim liability personal-injury standing worker's-compensation workers-compensation Whether Hyoun, Chan, and Liberty should compensate Kwon for the assault and resulting injuries and lost income
18-25 Edward Mandel v. Steven Thrasher, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure appellate-review bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-court-decision damages damages-calculation damages-review judicial-review legal-standard reasonable-royalty remand standard-of-review trade-secret Whether the bankruptcy court properly calculated trade-secret damages