| 25-691 |
Lonnie Joseph Parker v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-12-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
controlled-substances criminal-conviction federal-regulation medical-prescription prescribing-authority standard-of-care |
Whether a doctor can be convicted of unlawfully prescribing controlled substances under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 21 C.F.R. § 1306.04(a) based on a de… |
| 25-320 |
Alaska, et al. v. United States, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-09-17 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
alaska-lands federal-regulation land-management navigable-waters public-lands statutory-interpretation |
Whether the United States can regulate fishing on Alaska's navigable waters under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, when its statut… |
| 24-7182 |
Antjoun Riddick v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-05-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
commerce-clause constitutional-law federal-regulation interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether the federal government has the authority under the Commerce Clause to regulate noncommercial, intrastate possession of an object that has cros… |
| 24-868 |
The Art and Antique Dealers League of America, Inc., et al. v. Amanda Lefton, in Her Official Capacity as the Acting Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-02-13 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
administrative-exception endangered-species-act federal-regulation ivory-trade preemption state-law |
Whether the ESA's preemption provision protects all activities enjoying an exception under the ESA, even if self-executing, or only those activities a… |
| 24A287 |
Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, Incorporated, et al. v. National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-09-23 |
Presumed Complete |
Amici (2) |
administrative-law congressional-delegation federal-regulation horseracing-integrity regulatory-authority statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority's regulatory framework exceeds congressional delegation of authority under the Horseracing Inte… |
| 24A224 |
Port of Tacoma, et al. v. Puget Soundkeeper Alliance |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-08-30 |
Presumed Complete |
|
clean-water-act environmental-preemption federal-regulation maritime-law ninth-circuit port-operations |
Whether federal environmental regulations governing port operations and maritime activities can preempt state-level clean water enforcement actions un… |
| 24-118 |
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America v. Alan McClain, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Arkansas Insurance Department, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-08-02 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
340b-drug-pricing-program administrative-enforcement administrative-law contract-pharmacies contract-pharmacy drug-pricing federal-preemption federal-regulation healthcare-policy state-preemption state-regulation statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Eighth Circuit erred in holding—in conflict with the decisions of other circuits and this Court—that a State may strip manufacturers of th… |
| 23-876 |
KC Transport, Inc. v. Julie A. Su, Acting Secretary of Labor, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-02-14 |
GVR |
Amici (2)Relisted (2) |
administrative-law chevron-deference circuit-split federal-mine-safety-and-health-act federal-regulation mine-safety mining statutory-interpretation transportation |
Whether a truck or a truck repair shop that is not located at nor is adjacent to an extraction or processing site or an appurtenant road is a 'coal or… |
| 23-710 |
Brigitte Nelson v. Acre Mortgage & Financial Inc., et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-01-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure consumer-protection dodd-frank-act federal-regulation judicial-review mortgage-disclosure regulatory-compliance respa tila tila-respa |
Whether the Third Circuit's Judgment incorrectly affirmed the Jury Verdict and the District Court Judgment |
| 23-5870 |
George Tolbert v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, dba Mr. Cooper |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-10-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violation consumer-protection discovery due-process federal-regulation foreclosure mortgage-foreclosure property-rights sanctions |
Whether Nationstar/Mr. Cooper failed to comply with discovery rules, the Dodd-Frank 120-day rule, and other consumer protection regulations, and wheth… |
| 22-471 |
Consumer Data Industry Association v. Aaron M. Frey, Attorney General of Maine, et al. |
First Circuit |
2022-11-18 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
circuit-split consumer-reports fair-credit-reporting-act federal-preemption federal-regulation preemption state-law statutory-interpretation uniform-standards |
Whether FCRA broadly preempts state laws relating to the subject matters expressly described in 15 U.S.C. §1681t(b)(1), or narrowly preempts state law… |
| 22-338 |
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-10-12 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights express-preemption federal-regulation flavored-tobacco ninth-circuit preemption sales-ban state-and-local-laws tobacco-control-act |
Whether the Tobacco Control Act expressly preempts state and local laws that prohibit the sale of flavored tobacco products |
| 22-208 |
Benoit Brookens v. LaRhonda Gamble, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2022-09-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-regulation labor-management-reporting-and-disclosure-act labor-union-rights standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the DC Circuit is bound by the Federal Regulation 29 CFR 458.1 interpreting 29 U.S.C. Sec. 411 concerning standards of conduct |
| 22-62 |
Big Horn County Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Alden Big Man, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-07-22 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-adjudicatory-jurisdiction electric-cooperative federal-regulation indian-tribes montana-exceptions montana-v-us nonmember-defendant nonmember-regulation subject-matter-jurisdiction tribal-court tribal-jurisdiction |
Whether an Indian tribal court has subject-matter jurisdiction to adjudicate a tribally created claim as an 'other means' of regulating a nonmember fe… |
| 21-7788 |
Karen Marie Isaacson v. Marcia L. Fudge, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-05-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
barrier civil-rights constitutional-interpretation economic-barrier federal-regulation intra-state-activity northeastern-florida-chapter precedential-standing standing standing-doctrine |
Does enforcement of a federal regulation penalizing an intra-state activity constitute a barrier as per Northeastern Florida Chapter of the Associated… |
| 21-1289 |
Foster Taft v. Ventura County Medical Center, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-03-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process federal-regulation hipaa hipaa-privacy privacy privacy-act private-cause-of-action private-right-of-action state-actor |
Does 42 U.S.C. §1983 confer a private cause of action for privacy violations of HIPAA, in particular 164.502(a)? |
| 21-312 |
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, et al. v. Ohio, ex rel. Dave Yost, Attorney General |
Ohio |
2021-08-31 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
clean-air-act emission-standards epa-authority federal-regulation nationwide-updates preemption state-regulation vehicle-emissions vehicle-regulation |
Whether the Clean Air Act preempts state and local governments from regulating manufacturers' post-sale, nationwide updates to vehicle emission system… |
| 21-61 |
CHS-Glenwell Inc., et al. v. Ohio Department of Medicaid |
Ohio |
2021-07-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law agency-deference due-process federal-preemption federal-regulation judicial-deference judicial-review medicaid-agency medicare state-medicaid |
Is a state Medicaid agency entitled to deference in judicial review of the agency's interpretation of an unambiguous, inapplicable federal Medicare re… |
| 20-1735 |
Angel Manuel Ortiz-Diaz, et al. v. United States, et al. |
First Circuit |
2021-06-17 |
Denied |
Amici (7)Relisted (2) |
agriculture-improvement-act cockfighting commerce-clause constitutional-power cultural-tradition federal-regulation local-traditions puerto-rico puerto-rico-sovereignty sovereignty |
Whether Congress has power under the Commerce Clause to criminalize cockfighting on the island of Puerto Rico |
| 20-994 |
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., et al. v. The Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County, Florida, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-01-26 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) |
clean-air-act emission-standards federal-authority federal-regulation nationwide-updates preemption state-law state-regulation vehicle-emissions vehicle-regulation |
Whether the Clean Air Act preempts state and local governments from regulating manufacturers' post-sale, nationwide updates to vehicle emission system… |
| 20-723 |
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency v. Susan Allan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-11-25 |
GVR |
Response RequestedRelisted (3) |
automatic-telephone-dialing-system civil-procedure federal-regulation number-generation random-or-sequential-number-generator standing statutory-interpretation telecommunications-law telephone-consumer-protection-act |
Whether the definition of an 'automatic telephone dialing system' (ATDS) in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) encompasses any devic… |
| 20-127 |
Douglas Jason Way v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-08-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
drug-analogue federal-regulation harmless-error knowledge knowledge-standard mcfadden-precedent ninth-circuit rebuttal state-law state-law-compliance |
Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals contradicted the holding of McFadden v. United States 576 U.S. 186 (2015) |
| 19-1056 |
Kristi Noem, Governor of South Dakota, et al. v. Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-02-26 |
Denied |
|
economic-impacts fiscal-demands preemption state-interests state-taxation bracker-test economic-impacts federal-regulation indian-gaming preemption state-interests state-taxation tribal-sovereignty |
Does the Bracker test currently serve as a consistent and predictable rule of law in light of the exponential expansion of Indian gaming since 1988 an… |
| 19-1053 |
Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence v. California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-25 |
GVR |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
affordable-care-act contraception contraceptive-coverage federal-regulation health-insurance health-plans regulatory-authority regulatory-requirement religious-exemption religious-freedom-restoration-act rfra standing |
Whether the federal government lawfully exempted religious objectors from the regulatory requirement to provide health plans that include contraceptiv… |
| 19-752 |
Hawaii Management Alliance Association v. Randy Rudel |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
adjudicatory-procedure administrative-law civil-enforcement civil-procedure erisa erisa-preemption federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption federal-regulation preemption state-law state-statutes statutory-interpretation |
Whether state statutes can provide the 'relevant rule of decision' in an ERISA § 502(a) action when the state statutes create an adjudicatory procedur… |
| 19-731 |
Pancho's LLC v. James T. Hughes, et al. |
West Virginia |
2019-12-10 |
Denied |
|
42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process federal-regulation notice-and-hearing paul-v-davis reputation stigma-to-reputation |
Does Paul v. Davis, 424 U.S. 693 (1976), establish a two-pronged test for a cause of action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983? |
| 19-181 |
Lance Patterson v. Indiana Family and Social Services Administration |
Indiana |
2019-08-09 |
Denied |
|
administrative-interpretation agency-deference federal-law federal-regulation garnished-income garnishment income-calculation income-received medicaid medicaid-liability nursing-home nursing-home-payment state-agency-deference |
Whether a state Medicaid agency must include garnished income in 'income received' when calculating a nursing home resident's liability |
| 18-7352 |
Giovanni Ellis v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-limits due-process federal-firearms-law federal-regulation firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional … |
| 18-7225 |
Neil Gillespie v. Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc. |
Florida |
2019-01-03 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
7th-amendment administrative-procedure buyer-incompetence civil-rights constitutional-challenge disciplinary-functions due-process federal-regulation foia foreclosure home-equity-conversion-mortgage hud-jurisdiction lawyers-guild mortgage-law nonlawyer-ownership older-americans-act privacy-rights pro-se-litigation securities-exchange-act securities-exchange-act-of-1934 standing the-florida-bar trial-by-jury unlicensed-practice-of-medicine void-for-vagueness voting-rights |
Is the federal HECM reverse mortgage program unconstitutional? |
| 18-466 |
Gulick Trucking, Inc. v. Washington State Employment Security Department |
Washington |
2018-10-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
carrier-classification carrier-control faaaa-preemption federal-aviation-act federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act federal-regulation independent-contractor independent-contractors owner-operator preemption prices-routes-services state-law trucking-industry unemployment-compensation |
Whether Washington's statute defining independent contractors for unemployment compensation taxes, which effectively eliminates the owner-operator bus… |
| 18-6279 |
Samuel Kwushue v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-11 elements-of-crime federal-regulation federal-regulations federal-rule-11 guilty-plea jurisdiction rule-11 statute-of-conviction statutory-elements wire-fraud |
Could a guilty plea, accepted in violation of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11, support a conviction, when the conduct to which a defendant admit… |