| 25-766 |
Justyna Jensen v. Maryland Cannabis Administration, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-12-30 |
Pending |
Response Waived |
business-licensing dormant-commerce-clause equal-protection nonresident-discrimination pell-grant-eligibility state-university |
Whether a state statute discriminates against nonresidents in violation of the dormant Commerce Clause if it confers eligibility for a business licens… |
| 25A740 |
BNSF Railway Company v. Tanner Lynn |
Minnesota |
2025-12-23 |
Application |
|
dormant-commerce-clause due-process interstate-commerce personal-jurisdiction service-of-process state-registration |
This application does not contain a "Question(s) Presented" section in the traditional sense. The document is an Application for an Extension of Time … |
| 25A593 |
Chicago Wine Company, et al. v. Mike Braun, Governor of Indiana, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-11-19 |
Application |
|
alcohol-regulation dormant-commerce-clause interstate-commerce physical-presence three-tier-system twenty-first-amendment |
Whether a state's requirement that wine retailers establish an in-state physical presence before shipping alcoholic beverages to consumers discriminat… |
| 25-543 |
Thomas John Styczinski, et al. v. Grace Arnold, in Her Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Commerce |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-11-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
article-three constitutional-avoidance dormant-commerce-clause extraterritorial-regulation judicial-power state-law |
1. Whether a federal court exceeds its "judicial power" under Article III and Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood when the federal court unilaterally imposes… |
| 25-173 |
Elizabeth Flynt v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-08-13 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
constitutional-law dormant-commerce-clause economic-regulation interstate-commerce market-discrimination state-law |
Whether a state law that discriminates against firms engaged in interstate commerce by forcing firms to choose between being part of the enacting stat… |
| 24-728 |
Iowa Pork Producers Association v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-10 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) |
circuit-split dormant-commerce-clause fractured-opinion interstate-commerce judicial-interpretation pike-balancing-test |
Whether a party alleging that Proposition 12 discriminates against interstate commerce states a claim under Pike v. Bruce Church, and whether lower fe… |
| 24A400 |
Iowa Pork Producers Association v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-10-24 |
Presumed Complete |
|
agricultural-regulation ballot-measure dormant-commerce-clause interstate-commerce ninth-circuit state-law |
Whether a state ballot measure regulating agricultural production methods imposes an undue burden on interstate commerce in violation of the dormant C… |
| 24-333 |
The Walt Disney Company v. New York Tax Appeals Tribunal, et al. |
New York |
2024-09-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
corporate-affiliates dormant-commerce-clause interstate-commerce royalty-income state-jurisdiction tax-discrimination |
Whether a state tax law that on its face treats royalty income derived from corporate affiliates less favorably if the affiliates do not subject thems… |
| 24A52 |
The Walt Disney Company v. New York Tax Appeals Tribunal, et al. |
New York |
2024-07-16 |
Presumed Complete |
|
dormant-commerce-clause facial-discrimination interstate-commerce royalty-income state-taxation strict-scrutiny |
Whether a state tax law that conditions a royalty income exclusion on the geographic location of the royalty payor constitutes impermissible discrimin… |
| 23-787 |
Sierra Nevada Transportation, Inc. v. Nevada Transportation Authority |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-U.S.C.-1983 42-U.S.C.-1985 dormant-Commerce-Clause federal-licensing federal-preemption interstate-commerce public-necessity state-regulation transportation-services |
Does a federally-licensed limousine company state a valid claim for relief under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 against state regulators for violating the… |
| 23-725 |
Eric Friedlander, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, et al. v. Phillip Truesdell, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-01-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
buck-v-kuykendall certificate-of-need constitutional-interpretation dormant-commerce-clause ground-ambulance-services healthcare healthcare-regulation judicial-precedent sixth-circuit stage-lines |
Whether the modern case law approach controls a court's analysis of the dormant Commerce Clause and repudiates the holding in Buck v. Kuykendall |
| 23-233 |
Antero Resources Corporation v. Matthew R. Irby, West Virginia Tax Commissioner, et al. |
West Virginia |
2023-09-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
dormant-commerce-clause in-state-sellers interstate-commerce natural-gas out-of-state-sellers post-production-expenses property-tax tax-assessment |
Whether West Virginia's refusal to allow natural gas producers to deduct actual post-production expenses for property tax purposes, which favors in-st… |
| 23-171 |
Chris Quinn, et al. v. Washington, et al. |
Washington |
2023-08-23 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) |
commerce-clause constitutional-limits dormant-commerce-clause due-process excise-tax extraterritorial-taxation federalism interstate-commerce property-rights state-taxation |
Whether the Constitution permits a state to tax out-of-state transactions involving only out-of-state property |
| 22-1083 |
Kent Chandler, in His Official Capacity as Chairman and Commissioner of Kentucky Public Service Commission, et al. v. Foresight Coal Sales, LLC |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-05-08 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
coal-severance-tax discrimination dormant-commerce-clause economic-discrimination interstate-commerce state-regulation utility-costs utility-regulation |
Does a Kentucky law that directs a state agency not to consider any jurisdiction's coal-severance tax in assessing the reasonableness of a utility com… |
| 22-472 |
Association des Éleveurs de Cananards et D'oies du Quebéc, et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-11-18 |
Denied |
Amici (5)Relisted (2) |
dormant-commerce-clause federal-preemption impossibility-preemption ingredient-preemption ingredient-requirements poultry-products poultry-products-inspection-act state-regulation usda-approval usda-regulation |
Whether a State may avoid express ingredient preemption under the Poultry Products Inspection Act by banning the sale of poultry products based on the… |
| 22-182 |
Flom Disposal, Inc. v. Goodhue County, Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-08-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
antidiscrimination-doctrine competition competition
22-181" competition-doctrine constitutional-claims discrimination dormant-commerce-clause government-defendants incineration inter-circuit-conflict interstate-commerce judicial-review landfill mootness-doctrine voluntary-cessation waste-disposal Whether under the voluntary cessation exception to |
Are disposing of garbage by depositing it in a landfill and disposing of garbage—the same garbage from the same sources—by incinerating it, competitor… |
| 21-1262 |
TitleMax of Delaware, Inc., dba TitleMax, et al. v. Richard Vague, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities |
Third Circuit |
2022-03-17 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
brick-and-mortar-stores conflict-with-scotus constitutional-law dormant-commerce-clause extraterritorial-regulation interstate-lending legal-jurisdiction lending-laws out-of-state-lenders state-borders |
Whether the dormant Commerce Clause prohibits Pennsylvania from extending its lending laws beyond its borders |
| 21-1066 |
Washington Bankers Association, et al. v. Washington, et al. |
Washington |
2022-02-01 |
Denied |
Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split corporate-taxation discriminatory-proxy discriminatory-taxation dormant-commerce-clause interstate-commerce out-of-state-entities precedents proxy-discrimination state-taxation |
Does a law that is triggered by a proxy for participating in interstate commerce and that burdens out-of-state entities almost exclusively violate the… |
| 21-468 |
National Pork Producers Council, et al. v. Karen Ross, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the California Department of Food & Agriculture, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-09-29 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (54)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (9) |
animal-welfare dormant-commerce-clause economic-effects extraterritoriality federalism interstate-commerce pike-balancing pork-production state-regulation |
Whether a state law with dramatic economic effects largely outside the state and requiring pervasive changes to a nationwide industry violates the dor… |
| 21-392 |
Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc., et al. v. Eric Holcomb, Governor of Indiana, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-09-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split dormant-commerce-clause governmental-authority highway-tolling interstate-commerce market-participant-exception state-action state-discrimination |
Whether state conduct constitutes proprietary 'market participation' exempt from the dormant Commerce Clause |
| 21-279 |
Grand River Enterprises Six Nations Ltd. v. Mark Boughton |
Second Circuit |
2021-08-25 |
Denied |
|
dormant-commerce-clause due-process extraterritorial-effect extraterritorial-regulation federal-preemption indian-commerce private-business-data private-data state-jurisdiction supremacy-clause |
Whether Connecticut impermissibly regulates or controls conduct beyond the boundaries of the State in violation of the dormant Commerce Clause |
| 21-27 |
Arrow Highway Steel, Inc. v. Robert Dubin |
California |
2021-07-09 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) |
dormant-commerce-clause former-resident interstate-commerce judicial-enforcement non-discriminatory residency-status state-statute stipulated-judgment tolling-law tolling-statute |
Whether the dormant commerce clause may be used to invalidate the application of a state's neutral, non-discriminatory tolling statute to defeat the e… |
| 20-1215 |
North American Meat Institute v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-03 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
agricultural-regulation animal-welfare commerce-clause constitutional-limits dormant-commerce-clause extraterritorial-regulation interstate-commerce preemption state-police-power |
Whether the Constitution permits California to extend its police power beyond its territorial borders by banning the sale of wholesome pork and veal p… |
| 20-641 |
LSP Transmission Holdings, LLC v. Katie Sieben, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-11-10 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
commerce-clause discrimination dormant-commerce-clause electric-utilities electricity-transmission interstate-commerce market-preference state-law state-regulation transmission-lines |
Whether a state law that grants an express preference to entities with an existing in-state presence to build facilities serving a distinctly intersta… |
| 20-571 |
Yoel Weisshaus v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
Second Circuit |
2020-10-30 |
Denied |
|
commerce-clause congressional-authority dormant-commerce-clause legal-tender pleading-standards price-fixing state-regulation |
When Congress exercises authority under the Commerce Clause, whether a negative impact to that act of Congress is actionable within the parameters of … |
| 19-1368 |
Walmart Stores, Inc., et al. v. Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-06-12 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
commerce-clause constitutional-scrutiny corporate-form discriminatory-effect dormant-commerce-clause exxon-corp-v-governor-of-maryland exxon-v-maryland interstate-commerce state-protectionism |
Whether a state law that has the predominant effect of protecting in-state retailers from out-of-state competition is immune from constitutional scrut… |
| 19-1081 |
Arlene Rosenblatt v. City of Santa Monica, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-04 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split constitutional-scrutiny discriminatory-purpose dormant-commerce-clause extraterritorial-reach interstate-commerce legislative-intent nonresident-discrimination presumption-of-no-extraterritorial-intent |
Whether a local ordinance that discriminates against interstate commerce, and was enacted for a discriminatory purpose, must additionally discriminate… |
| 19-6980 |
John Lyndon Williamson v. City of Wichita, Kansas |
Kansas |
2019-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
citizenship-clause commerce-clause compelled-commerce constitutional-interpretation criminal-sanction dormant-commerce-clause due-process police-powers presumption-of-innocence supreme-court-precedent tenth-amendment welfare-powers |
Whether mandatory vehicle liability insurance using criminal sanction violates NFIB v. Sebelius |
| 19-762 |
Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc., et al. v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-12-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
actual-deterrence congressional-authorization congressional-silence constitutional-claim dormant-commerce-clause evansville-vanderburgh-airport interstate-commerce right-to-travel toll-fees user-fees |
Can courts find that Congress authorized states to impose burdens on interstate commerce that would otherwise violate the dormant Commerce Clause on t… |
| 19-755 |
Robert C. Steiner, et ux. v. Utah State Tax Commission |
Utah |
2019-12-12 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response Waived |
dormant-commerce-clause double-taxation equal-protection foreign-commerce interstate-taxation state-residency state-tax-credits state-taxation tax-credit tax-credits |
Whether Utah's tax code discriminates against foreign commerce in violation of the dormant Commerce Clause |
| 19-136 |
Saban Rent-A-Car LLC, et al. v. Arizona Department of Revenue, et al. |
Arizona |
2019-07-29 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
arizona-supreme-court maricopa-county nonresident-taxation rental-car-industry tax-discrimination car-rental-tax commerce-regulation discriminatory-design discriminatory-purpose dormant-commerce-clause interstate-commerce nonresident-burden nonresident-discrimination state-taxation tax-discrimination tax-incidence |
Whether a car-rental tax designed to foist a disproportionate share of the tax's burden onto nonresidents is nonetheless immune from dormant Commerce … |
| 18-1570 |
Samuel Edelman, et ux. v. New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, et al. |
New York |
2019-06-24 |
Denied |
Amici (5) |
double-taxation due-process residency state-taxation tax-credits ' domicile' comptroller-of-treasury-of-maryland-v-wynne constitutional-challenge domicile dormant-commerce-clause intangible-income interstate-taxation state-taxation tax-credits wynne-precedent |
The issue being raised is whether a state tax scheme that taxes the intangible income of individuals who are domiciled in the State and certain indivi… |
| 18-1569 |
Richard Chamberlain, et ux. v. New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, et al. |
New York |
2019-06-24 |
Denied |
|
comptroller-of-treasury-of-maryland-v-wynne constitutional-challenge domicile dormant-commerce-clause double-taxation intangible-income interstate-taxation state-taxation tax-credits tax-jurisdiction tax-residency wynne-precedent |
Whether a state tax scheme that taxes the intangible income of individuals who are domiciled in the State and certain individuals not domiciled in the… |
| 18-1145 |
Minerva Dairy, Inc., et al. v. Brad Pfaff, in His Official Capacity as Secretary-designee of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-03-05 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
burdens-on-interstate-commerce circuit-split civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-law discrimination disparate-impact dormant-commerce-clause due-process economic-liberty interstate-commerce local-benefits pike-v-bruce-church rational-basis rational-basis-test state-regulation substantive-due-process |
Dormant Commerce Clause challenge to Wisconsin butter grading law |
| 18-1097 |
SkyWest, Inc., et al. v. Andrea Hirst, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-02-22 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
airlines discrimination dormant-commerce-clause federal-preemption federal-statute interstate-commerce judicial-review preemption state-law statutory-interpretation |
Is a state law exempt from the Dormant Commerce Clause merely because it does not discriminate against interstate commerce or because Congress has pas… |
| 18-1101 |
Classic Cab, Inc. v. District of Columbia, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-02-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-rights dormant-commerce-clause emergency-rulemaking mootness preexisting-contracts regulatory-taking res-judicata statutory-requirement |
Is the use of illegal emergency rulemakings in the absence of any objectively cognizable emergency resulting in the complete elimination of an industr… |
| 18-807 |
Randolph S. Baskins, et ux. v. Oklahoma Tax Commission |
Oklahoma |
2018-12-21 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
capital-gains commerce-clause constitutional-law dormant-commerce-clause due-process equal-protection state-taxation tax-deduction |
Does the Oklahoma Capital Gains Deduction tax scheme as set forth in 68 O.S. 2011, § 2358(F) as applied to Randolph S. Baskins and Beverly J. Baskins … |
| 18-612 |
CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Alabama Department of Revenue, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-11-09 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) |
commerce-clause csx-transportation discrimination discriminatory-taxation dormant-commerce-clause equal-protection interstate-commerce motor-carrier motor-carrier-tax preemption railroad-fuel state-taxation supreme-court-precedent tax-discrimination tax-jurisprudence |
Whether Alabama's imposition of a motor fuels tax on interstate motor carriers justifies its facially discriminatory sales and use tax on railroad die… |
| 18-546 |
Brian E. Frosh, Attorney General of Maryland, et al. v. Association for Accessible Medicines |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-10-25 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
commerce-clause consumer-protection dormant-commerce-clause drug-pricing extraterritoriality federalism generic-drugs prescription-drugs price-control price-gouging state-police-powers state-regulation |
Does the Commerce Clause prohibit a state from protecting consumer access to essential off-patent and generic prescription drugs by requiring manufact… |
| 18-447 |
Alabama Department of Revenue, et al. v. CSX Transportation, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-10 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) |
commerce-clause discrimination dormant-commerce-clause equal-protection fuel-exemption interstate-commerce preemption state-taxation statutory-interpretation tax-discrimination tax-exemption transportation-carriers |
Under 49 U.S.C. § 11501(b)(4), when can a State justifiably maintain a sales-and-use tax exemption for fuel used by vessels to transport goods interst… |
| 18-96 |
Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Association v. Russell F. Thomas, Executive Director of the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-07-20 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (23)Response Waived |
dormant-commerce-clause interstate-commerce liquor-regulation liquor-sales residency-requirement residency-requirements retail-licenses retail-licensing state-licensing twenty-first-amendment wholesale-licenses wholesale-licensing |
Whether the Twenty-first Amendment empowers States, consistent with the dormant Commerce Clause, to regulate liquor sales by granting retail or wholes… |