federal-officer-removal
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-517 | Maryland, et al. v. 3M Company | Fourth Circuit | 2025-10-27 | Pending | 28-USC-1442 federal-officer-removal injury-causation liability-basis removal-statute state-court-remand | Must an action removed under the federal officer removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1442, be remanded to state court when the conduct the defendant asserts … | |
| 25-369 | United Natural Foods, Inc., dba United Natural Foods, Inc., and SuperValu, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board | Fifth Circuit | 2025-09-29 | Denied | Response Waived | administrative-law agency-deference chevron-doctrine federal-officer-removal judicial-review statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo , 603 U.S. 369 (2024), permits a court to (a) accept an agency's reasonable construction of a statut… |
| 25-327 | Express Scripts, Inc., et al. v. California | Ninth Circuit | 2025-09-18 | Denied | Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | appellate-procedure automatic-stay coinbase-precedent federal-officer-removal remand-order statutory-exception | Whether a remand order appealed under 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d), like the orders at issue in Coinbase, is subject to an automatic stay pending appeal. |
| 25A102 | Maryland, et al. v. 3M Company | Fourth Circuit | 2025-07-24 | Presumed Complete | civil-procedure federal-officer-removal government-contractor jurisdictional-removal pfas-contamination statutory-interpretation | Question not identified. | |
| 24-813 | Chevron USA Incorporated, et al. v. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2025-01-31 | Granted | Amici (23)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) | causal-nexus civil-jurisdiction federal-officer-removal oil-production statutory-interpretation wartime-contract | 1. Whether a causal-nexus or contractual-direction test survives the 2011 amendment to the federal-officer removal statute. 2. Whether a federal cont… |
| 24A316 | Jeffrey B. Clark v. D.C. Office of Disciplinary Counsel | District of Columbia | 2024-10-02 | Presumed Complete | article-ii-immunity bar-disciplinary-proceeding federal-officer-removal separation-of-powers supremacy-clause take-care-clause | Question not identified. | |
| 24-97 | Mark Randall Meadows v. Georgia | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-07-30 | Denied | causal-nexus federal-defense federal-forum federal-immunity federal-officer-removal statutory-right | Georgia has brought a criminal prosecution against a former White House Chief of Staff for actions that he took in the West Wing to assist the Preside… | |
| 23A1029 | Mark Randall Meadows v. Georgia | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-05-20 | Presumed Complete | certiorari-extension federal-officer-removal immunity-defense official-duties state-prosecution supremacy-clause | Question not identified. | |
| 22-6685 | Warren Havens v. Arnold Leong, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2023-02-01 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | appellate-review district-court-remand federal-law-supremacy federal-officer-removal federal-question federal-question-jurisdiction gorilla-rule maritime-communications removal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation tax-exemption | A defendant sued in a State Court can timely remove the action to the local federal District Court where the party alleges federal question jurisdicti… |
| 22-715 | Chevron USA, Inc., et al. v. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2023-02-01 | Denied | Amici (2)Response Waived | administrative-law civil-procedure federal-officer-removal federal-preemption national-emergency oil-production statutory-interpretation war-powers wwii | 1. Whether a private entity is "acting under" a federal officer for purposes of removal under 28 U.S.C. § 1442 when federal officials, through orders … |
| 22-523 | Sunoco LP, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2022-12-06 | Denied | Amici (2)Relisted (2) | circuit-conflict climate-change climate-change-litigation federal-jurisdiction federal-officer-removal federal-preemption greenhouse-gas-emissions jurisdictional-challenge preemption statutory-interpretation transboundary-pollution | 1. Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that 28 U.S.C. § 1442 precludes removal by federal officers and persons acting under them unless the … |
| 22-455 | Tyson Foods, Inc., et al. v. Rolandette Glenn, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2022-11-15 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | covid-19-pandemic executive-order federal-direction federal-officer-removal federal-supervision food-supply national-emergency national-food-supply state-court-removal state-law-claims | Whether a private actor that assists the federal government in securing the national food supply during a national emergency, under extensive federal … |
| 22-70 | Tyson Foods, Inc., et al. v. Hus Hari Buljic, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2022-07-26 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) | covid-19-pandemic emergency-response federal-direction federal-officer-removal federal-supervision food-supply national-emergency national-food-supply state-law-duties | Whether a private actor that assists the federal government in securing the national food supply during a national emergency, under extensive federal … |
| 20-1144 | Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc., et al. v. Curtis Ulleseit, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-02-22 | GVR | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights-removal court-of-appeals federal-officer-removal remand remand-order removal statutory-interpretation | Under 28 U.S.C. 1447(d), courts of appeals generally may not review orders remanding removed cases to state court. But Section 1447(d) also states tha… |
| 20-925 | Sebhat Afework v. Velanta Monique Babbitt, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-01-11 | Denied | 28-usc-1442 28-usc-1447(d) 28-usc-1448 appellate-review civil-rights-removal district-court-order federal-officer-removal remand-jurisdiction removal-statute | The question presented is the same as that presented in BP p.l.c. v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore , No. 19 -1189 (to be argued Jan. 19, 2021): … | |
| 20-900 | Shell Oil Products Co., L.L.C., et al. v. Rhode Island | First Circuit | 2021-01-05 | GVR | Amici (2)Relisted (2) | appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights-removal federal-officer-removal jurisdictional-review removal-statute statutory-interpretation | Whether 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d) authorizes appellate review of any issue encompassed in a remand order when removal was premised in part on the federal-of… |
| 20-884 | Chevron Corporation, et al. v. San Mateo County, California, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-01-04 | GVR | Relisted (2) | 28-usc-1442 28-usc-1447d appellate-review civil-rights-removal federal-officer-removal jurisdictional-issue remand-order statutory-interpretation | Whether 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d) authorizes appellate review of any issue encompassed in a remand order when removal was premised in part on the federal-of… |
| 20-783 | Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc., et al. v. Board of County Commissioners of Boulder County, et al. | Tenth Circuit | 2020-12-08 | GVR | Relisted (2) | appellate-review civil-rights-removal court-of-appeals federal-officer-removal jurisdiction remand-order removal statutory-interpretation | Whether 28 U.S.C. 1447(d) permits a court of appeals to review any issue encompassed in a district court's order remanding a removed case to state cou… |
| 19-1189 | BP p.l.c., et al. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore | Fourth Circuit | 2020-03-31 | Judgment Issued | Amici (20) | appellate-review civil-rights-removal federal-officer-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits remand remand-order removal statutory-interpretation | Whether 28 U.S.C. 1447(d) permits a court of appeals to review any issue encompassed in a district court's order remanding a removed case to state cou… |
| 19-1158 | Airbus Helicopters, Inc. v. Mary Riggs, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2020-03-23 | Denied | Amici (1) | 28-usc-1442 administrative-delegation aviation-law civil-procedure delegation faa federal-aviation-administration federal-officer federal-officer-removal jurisdictional-removal removal removal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation | Whether a private party is "acting under" a federal officer and may remove under 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a)(1), where it is carrying out duties formally and … |
| 18-83 | Stephen Busch, et al. v. Tamara Nappier, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2018-07-17 | Denied | circuit-split delegation-of-authority doubts-against-removal doubts-in-favor-of-federal-jurisdiction facial-challenge federal-jurisdiction federal-officer-removal removal-notice | 1. Whether, in the context of a facial challenge to a federal-officer removal, a court resolves all doubts against removal and in favor of remand, as … |