dicta
3 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-168 | Dennis De Jesus v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-08-05 | Denied | Response Waived | alternative-holding appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure dicta judicial-procedure jurisdiction jurisdictional-error merits merits-denial | Whether a cursory statement that a court would deny relief on the merits if it had jurisdiction qualifies as an alternative holding or is merely dicta |
| 20-522 | Xavier Demetrius Porter v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2020-10-20 | Denied | categorical-approach dicta federal-court federal-court-interpretation judicial-precedent legal-interpretation precedent state-court state-court-dicta statutory-interpretation | Whether a federal court applying the categorical approach is required to give significant weight to on point dicta from the relevant State's highest c… | |
| 18-8647 | Amilcar C. Butler v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2019-04-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | binding-authority circuit-court civil-procedure dicta judicial-precedent law-of-case law-of-the-case panel-opinion precedent sixth-circuit | Is The Dicta Of A Prior Sixth Circuit Panel Opinion Law Of The Case And Remain Binding On Any Other Panel, Despite Error? |