fairness-doctrine
7 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-5558 | Bryant D. Aron v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2024-09-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | fairness-doctrine federal-criminal-procedure judicial-discretion plea-agreement review-standard sentencing | Whether a district court's ambiguous status regarding a plea agreement under Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(c)(1)(C) should be considered accepted by a reviewing… |
| 22-554 | Anna St. John v. Lisa Jones, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2022-12-16 | Denied | Amici (3)Relisted (4) | class-action cy-pres fairness fairness-doctrine first-amendment forum-shopping property-interest rule-23 settlement-approval | Whether, or in what circumstances, a court may approve a settlement as 'fair, reasonable, and adequate' under Rule 23(e)(2) when it pays a substantial… |
| 21-8236 | Edward Toliver v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-06-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal-waiver appeal-waivers circuit-split criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fairness-doctrine plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines | Are plea agreement appeal waivers that forfeit a criminal defendant's right to challenge errors in the district court's interpretation and application… |
| 21-521 | Foster Wheeler, LLC, et al. v. Superior Court of California, Alameda County, et al. | California | 2021-10-08 | Denied | civil-procedure deposition-time-limit due-process fairness fairness-doctrine judicial-remedies mesothelioma mesothelioma-litigation time-limits | Whether newly enacted California Code of Civil Procedure section 2025.295 violates fundamental principles of fairness and decency when it imposes an i… | |
| 19-6376 | Josue Osvaldo Solis v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-10-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal construction criminal-procedure due-process fairness fairness-doctrine plea-agreement sentence-appeal sentencing waiver waiver-of-rights | Whether a defendant can knowingly waive the right to appeal his sentence before understanding the right |
| 19-5673 | Dennis Calo v. Annette Chambers-Smith, Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, et al. | Ohio | 2019-08-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection fairness-doctrine judicial-discretion judicial-review ohio-constitution parole parole-board standing state-constitution state-courts | Are Ohio's courts performing a 'front operation to shield Ohio's parole board and department of rehabilitation and correction from exposure for corrup… |
| 18-6113 | Frank J. Ballesteros v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-09-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | advisory-guidelines criminal-procedure fairness fairness-doctrine integrity judicial-proceedings judicial-review post-conviction-relief pro-se-applicant public-reputation resentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines | Should this Court grant review of the court of appeals' decision based on this Court's subsequent decision in Rosales-Mireles v. United States that re… |