equity

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-1338 Martin Shkreli v. Federal Trade Commission, et al. Second Circuit 2024-06-25 Denied Response Waived affiliate-liability civil-procedure disgorgement equity equity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction sec sec-enforcement traditional-equity-practice unlawful-gains Does a district court's exercise of its federal equity jurisdiction, as defined and cabined by traditional equity practice, include the power to order…
23-698 City of Pasadena, Texas v. Crown Castle Fiber, L.L.C. Fifth Circuit 2023-12-28 Denied Response Waived equitable-action equity federal-preemption local-regulation network-infrastructure public-rights-of-way standing state-local-regulation telecommunications-act Whether 47 U.S.C. §253 allows a private party to sue a State or local government in equity to preempt a duly enacted State or local regulation
23-585 John Duncan Fordham v. Georgia Department of Administrative Services, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-01 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure equity equity-doctrine jurisdictional-challenge mandatory-victims-restitution-act money-had-and-received presidential-pardon restitution restitution-funds Do funds collected under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act vest in a claimant or are they subject to recoupment after a Presidential Pardon?
23-5106 John B. Freitas v. Superior Court of California, Alameda County, et al. California 2023-07-14 Denied IFP constitutional-protection due-process equity equity-theft fifth-amendment government-action homeowner-rights just-compensation property-rights takings-clause Whether the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment requires just compensation when the government improperly denies a homeowner the ability to use thei…
22-7403 Anthony Carl Eccarius v. Mendocino County Social Services Ninth Circuit 2023-04-28 Denied IFP 10th-amendment citizen-rights civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equity federalism judicial-review legal-standing power-in-equity standing tenth-amendment Shall the People exclude a single citizen's 10th Amendment power in equity?
22-7196 Arthur Scott Prelle v. Chief Executive Officer of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2023-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-credit civil-procedure due-process equity equity-rights personal-property property property-ownership res-judicata standing Question not identified
22-692 April Premo Williams v. Federal National Mortgage Association, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-01-25 Denied ada ada-accommodations civil-rights disability-discrimination discrimination due-process equal-protection equity judicial-procedure rehabilitation-act What are the terms to be used for the mentally disabled and the emotionally disabled?
22-659 Padma Rao v. Anita Rao, et al. Illinois 2023-01-18 Denied american-rule due-process equity equity-doctrine fee-shifting litigation-penalty pleading-requirements retroactive retroactive-application Whether it was a violation of due process to retroactively impose a new fee-shifting penalty in contravention of the established American Rule
22-485 Kenneth Charles McNeil v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-11-22 Denied Response Waived all-writs-act coram-nobis courts-of-equity criminal-judgment criminal-procedure equity evidentiary-hearing federal-courts habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation Whether federal courts of equity had jurisdiction to correct criminal judgments after completion of the sentence, and, if so, whether federal courts v…
22-6102 Samuel Turner v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP bureau-of-prisons civil-procedure court-deadline covid-19-lockdown due-process equity excusable-neglect judicial-discretion pandemic prisoner-rights whether-certiorari-should-be-granted
22-5607 Steven Justin Villalona v. Mr. Hansen, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-09-19 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure equity equity-doctrine federal-rules-civil-procedure filing houston-v-lack notice notice-of-judgment pro-se pro-se-prisoner statutory-interpretation Whether this Court's holding in Houston v. Lack was based on equity or the interpretation of the word filed?
21-1250 Jamal Darius Parker v. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-15 Denied civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-provisions equitable-remedy equity equity-doctrine fiduciary-duty judicial-discretion procedural-rights treaties treaty-law Whether the lower court's and agent's who are people bound by oath to be Persons worthy of trust, decision to dismiss petitioner claim is not contrary…
21-7319 Abraham A. Augustin v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP ancillary-jurisdiction civil-action criminal-investigation due-process equity federal-court property-seizure return-of-property rule-41(g) rule-41g Whether the United States indictment of a defendant created ancillary jurisdiction over the property
21-5737 Elizabeth Maya v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Florida 2021-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection equity equity-principle fair-trial legal-proceedings takings Whether the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments' Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses have been violated
21-179 Nehemiah Rolle, Jr. v. Norman St. George Second Circuit 2021-08-06 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights declaratory-judgment due-process equity equity-lawsuit federal-jurisdiction judicial-review jury-trial section-1983 Whether the petitioner's equity lawsuit under 42 USC § 1983 seeking declaratory judgment against the respondent is barred by statute
20-7000 Felix Brown v. Keith Foley, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-01-29 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice constitutional-claim equity federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus pro-se-petition procedural-default rule-60 Does the United States Supreme Court require a showing of actual innocence to pursue an independent action in equity under Fed. Civ. Proc. R. 60(d)(J)…
20-5901 Laura Marie Scott v. City of Hamtramck, Michigan, Treasurer, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-10-05 Denied IFP choice-of-law comity equity federal-contracts property-rights quasi-in-rem quasi-in-rem-action tax-foreclosure title Does a violation of choice-of-law create a quasi-in-rem-action that reverses itself to preclude any relief as to title or equity despite mutual and ex…
19-6476 Charles Blunt v. Sherman Campbell, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process equitable-jurisdiction equity fraud fraud-allegations habeas-corpus pro-se-pleadings rule-60 standing Question not identified
19-5240 James Butler v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Sixth Circuit 2019-07-18 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion actual-innocence civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act district-court-discretion due-process equity equity-jurisdiction fraud-on-the-court government-misconduct grand-jury rule-6(e) rule-6e-violation Did the district court abuse its discretion when it filed suit in equity under civil law docket
18-8407 Gregory Scott Savoy v. Craig M. Burns, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-03-15 Denied IFP antipsychotic-drugs brain-volume brain-volume-reduction civil-rights constitutional-equity due-process equity involuntary-treatment judicial-deference medical-coercion mental-health issues being raised
18-1174 Ian Goldenberg, et al. v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-11 Denied Response Waived eminent-domain equity judicial-taking just-compensation just-compensation-clause natural-gas-act preliminary-injunction property-rights separation-of-powers takings Whether a judicially-conferred right of possession to a pipeline company before judgment and without compensation in a Natural Gas Act taking improper…
18-1169 John Stephen Thorne v. Union Pacific Corporation, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-03-08 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure declaratory-judgment equitable-defense equitable-defenses equity judicial-remedy laches legal-claims limitations-period prejudice property-rights statute-of-limitations stock-ownership texas-law Applicability of laches to legal claims within statute of limitations period