| 25A777 |
Fairfield Sentry Ltd., et al. v. Citibank NA London, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2026-01-05 |
Application |
|
bankruptcy-code extraterritorial-application foreign-liquidators ponzi-scheme safe-harbor securities-settlement |
Whether the Bankruptcy Code's "safe harbor" for securities settlement payments under 11 U.S.C. §546(e) applies extraterritorially to bar foreign commo… |
| 25-512 |
Jibril Adamu v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2025-10-24 |
Pending |
|
confrontation-clause criminal-procedure drug-trafficking extraterritorial-application sixth-amendment testimonial-hearsay |
1. Whether the crime of possession with intent to distribute under 21 U.S.C. §959(c)(2) applies extraterritorially.
2. Whether a non-testifying analy… |
| 24-725 |
Hytera Communications Corporation Ltd. v. Motorola Solutions, Inc., et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-01-10 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
defend-trade-secrets-act economic-espionage-act extraterritorial-application presumption-against-extraterritoriality private-right-of-action trade-secret-misappropriation |
Does the private right of action for trade secret misappropriation created by the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 rebut the presumption against extra… |
| 24A450 |
Cisco Systems, Inc., et al. v. Doe I, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-11-05 |
Presumed Complete |
|
aiding-and-abetting alien-tort-statute corporate-liability extraterritorial-application human-rights international-law |
Question not identified. |
| 24-125 |
Ahmed Alahmedalabdaloklah v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-08-05 |
Denied |
|
brady-disclosure brady-obligations conspiracy criminal-law criminal-statute due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritoriality-jurisdiction federal-agencies federal-agency improvised-explosive-devices statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether 18 U.S.C. 844(f) and (n) apply extraterritorially to offenses committed abroad by non-U.S. persons, despite the statute's lack of any affir… |
| 23A1155 |
Binance, et al. v. JD Anderson, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-06-25 |
Presumed Complete |
|
cryptocurrency-regulation extraterritorial-application international-exchange morrison-doctrine offshore-transactions securities-laws |
Question not identified. |
| 23A1022 |
Ahmed Alahmedalabdaloklah v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-05-17 |
Presumed Complete |
|
18-usc-844 courts-of-appeals criminal-statute extraterritorial-application foreign-citizen presumption-against-extraterritoriality |
Question not identified. |
| 23-5781 |
Troy George Skinner v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-10-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-exploitation criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-conduct interstate-commerce sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation |
One of the statutes addressing the sexual exploitation of children, 18 U.S.C. § 2251, prohibits (a) the employment, enticement, or coercion of a minor… |
| 23A203 |
Troy George Skinner v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-08-30 |
Presumed Complete |
|
18-USC-2251 child-sexual-abuse-material domestic-application extraterritorial-application federal-jurisdiction non-citizen-defendant |
Whether the federal government may prosecute a non-U.S. citizen located outside the United States for violating 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) based on conduct o… |
| 23-80 |
Jeffrey Laydon, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-07-27 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
circuit-split civil-procedure domestic-application extraterritorial-application extraterritoriality federal-commodities federal-securities judicial-interpretation legal-precedent precedent statutory-focus statutory-interpretation |
Whether courts may consider factors other than the statute's focus to decide if a claim involves a domestic application |
| 22-7065 |
Ahmed Abu Khatallah v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2023-03-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
acquitted-conduct constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritorial-jurisdiction sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Does 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) apply extraterritorially? |
| 22-383 |
CMB Monaco, fka Compagnie Monegasque de Banque v. Vitaly Ivanovich Smagin, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-10-24 |
Judgment Issued |
Relisted (2) |
circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights domestic-injury due-process extraterritorial-application foreign-plaintiff intangible-property rico rico-act standing |
Whether a foreign plaintiff with no alleged connection to the United States may nevertheless allege a 'domestic' injury under RJR Nabisco sufficient t… |
| 21-1380 |
Seun Banjo Ojedokun v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-04-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-cases congressional-intent criminal-statute extraterritorial-application presumption-against-extraterritoriality statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Whether, as in civil cases, a clear indication of congressional intent is required to rebut the presumption against extraterritorial application of a … |
| 21-1156 |
Rodric David v. Tony Kazal, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-02-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
anti-stalking-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process extraterritorial-application first-amendment foreign-nationals free-speech ninth-circuit standing territorial-jurisdiction |
Did the Ninth Circuit impermissibly disregard this Court's holding in Agency for Int' Dev. v. All. for Open Soc'y Int'l, Inc. |
| 21-1043 |
Abitron Austria GmbH, et al. v. Hetronic International, Inc. |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-01-26 |
Judgment Issued |
CVSGAmici (14)Relisted (3) |
civil-procedure extraterritorial-application extraterritoriality foreign-sales lanham-act territorial-rights trademark trademark-infringement u.s.-commerce us-commerce |
Whether the court of appeals erred in applying the Lanham Act extraterritorially to petitioners' foreign sales, including purely foreign sales that ne… |
| 21-5627 |
William Brinson Ball v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-09-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-exploitation criminal-law criminal-statute due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritorial-jurisdiction federal-criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction international-law interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) extends to conduct occurring outside the United States |
| 20-1359 |
Superama Corporation, Inc., dba USA Sumo v. Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbaugh-v-y-h-corp copyright copyright-act extraterritorial-application jurisdiction jurisdictional-bar morrison-v-national-australia-bank ninth-circuit reed-elsevier-v-muchnick statutory-requirement subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the presumption against extraterritorial application, applied in the context of the U.S. Copyright Act, creates a jurisdictional bar |
| 20-5302 |
Edwin Daniel Gongora-Baltan v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-08-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-interpretation criminal-law due-process extraterritorial-application judicial-construction rule-of-lenity sentencing-guidelines statutory-analysis statutory-interpretation |
Whether a court must employ the presumption against extraterritorial application and the rule of lenity in interpreting a sentencing guideline enhance… |
| 19-453 |
Cargill, Inc. v. John Doe I, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-04 |
Judgment Issued |
CVSGResponse RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) |
aiding-and-abetting alien-tort-statute corporate-liability extraterritorial-application extraterritoriality forced-labor foreign-operations human-rights international-law |
Whether the presumption against extraterritorial application of the Alien Tort Statute is displaced |
| 19-5946 |
Anthony Carl Spence v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-09-17 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritorial-jurisdiction extraterritoriality federal-sentencing foreign-conduct guidelines offense-level sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a federal sentencing court can enhance a defendant's offense level based on conduct occurring entirely in a foreign country and not a crime ag… |
| 18-1160 |
Teck Metals Ltd., fka Teck Cominco Metals, Ltd. v. The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-06 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
arranger-liability cercla cercla-arranger-liability cross-border-pollution environmental-liability extraterritorial-application first-circuit-conflict first-circuit-split morrison-v-national-australia-bank personal-jurisdiction rjr-nabisco-v-european-community walden-v-fiore waste-disposal |
Whether the Ninth Circuit correctly concluded that holding Teck liable for its discharges in Canada was not an impermissible extraterritorial applicat… |
| 18-309 |
Lonnie Swartz v. Araceli Rodriguez, Individually and as the Surviving Mother and Personal Representative of J. A. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-09-11 |
GVR |
CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (4) |
bivens bivens-remedy bivens-v-six-unknown-named-agents border-security cross-border-shooting extraterritorial-application foreign-relations fourth-amendment qualified-immunity separation-of-powers |
Whether the panel's decision to create an implied remedy for damages under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S… |
| 18-233 |
Indiezone, Inc., et al. v. Todd Rooke, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
28-usc-1927 act-of-state-doctrine congressional-intent due-process extraterritorial-application federal-sanctions inherent-powers rule-44.1 sanctions sovereign-immunity |
Did Congress intend the court's inherent powers and 28 U.S.C. § 1927 to apply extraterritorially, allowing Rule 44.1 analysis to be applied to oversea… |