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25-456 Capital Health Regional Medical Center, et al. v. New Jersey, et al. New Jersey 2025-10-15 Denied Response Waived constitutional-interpretation due-process economic-burden government-regulation physical-taking property-rights This case presents two important questions concerning protection of private property rights under the Fifth and Fourteen Amendments. These questions…
24-803 Michael Quinn Sullivan v. Texas Ethics Commission Texas 2025-01-28 Denied Amici (9)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) citizen-communication first-amendment free-speech government-regulation lobbying-restrictions political-speech Whether the First Amendment permits the government to require ordinary citizens to register and pay a fee to communicate with their government represe…
24A670 Pierre Kory, MD, et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California Ninth Circuit 2025-01-08 Presumed Complete covid-19 first-amendment government-regulation medical-speech physician-speech strict-scrutiny Whether physicians' speech about medical treatments and Covid-19 recommendations is fully protected by the First Amendment or can be regulated as medi…
24-487 James G. Collins v. Monterey County, California Ninth Circuit 2024-10-31 Denied economic-deprivation government-regulation lucas-doctrine penn-central-test property-rights regulatory-taking Does a regulatory taking under Lucas require complete economic deprivation, and how do recent Supreme Court precedents impact the Penn Central takings…
23-5272 Grace Woodham v. Helen Hanks, Commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Corrections, et al. New Hampshire 2023-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP compelled-speech content-neutrality first-amendment free-speech government-regulation private-entities Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from requiring private entities to host speech they disagree with
23-5160 Scott Eric Houston v. Louisiana Louisiana 2023-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP compelled-speech content-moderation first-amendment free-speech government-regulation social-media Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from compelling private entities to host and disseminate speech they disagree with
22-1149 Pacific Carlton Development Corp., et al. v. New York State Urban Development Corporation, dba Empire State Development Corporation New York 2023-05-26 Denied certificate-of-occupancy certificates-of-occupancy due-process eminent-domain fifth-amendment government-regulation government-seizure property-rights takings Are government-issued attributes of private property entitled to constitutional protection under the Fifth Amendment when seized via eminent domain?
22-1095 Community Housing Improvement Program, et al. v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2023-05-10 Denied Amici (12) affordable-housing civil-rights due-process government-regulation housing-law physical-taking property-rights regulatory-taking rent-control takings Whether the provisions of the New York Rent Stabilization Law that prevent a property owner from regaining exclusive possession and control of her pro…
22-1048 Joseph E. Blackburn, Jr., et ux. v. Dare County, North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-04-28 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) 5th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process eminent-domain fifth-amendment government-regulation property-rights regulatory-takings takings takings-clause Whether a governmental regulation prohibiting all physical access to a landowner's property is a 'per se' taking under the Fifth Amendment of the Unit…
22-842 National Rifle Association of America v. Maria T. Vullo Second Circuit 2023-03-06 Judgment Issued Amici (41)Response RequestedRelisted (7) 1st-amendment civil-rights corporate-social-responsibility first-amendment free-speech government-intimidation government-regulation regulatory-coercion second-amendment viewpoint-discrimination Does the First Amendment allow a government regulator to threaten regulated entities with adverse regulatory actions if they do business with a contro…
22-6143 Blake Sandlain v. C. Maruka, Warden Fourth Circuit 2022-11-22 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP compelled-speech content-neutrality first-amendment free-speech government-regulation private-entities Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from compelling private entities to host and disseminate speech they disagree with
22-135 Heather Kokesch Del Castillo v. Joseph A. Ladapo, Secretary, Florida Department of Health Eleventh Circuit 2022-08-15 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech government-regulation occupational-licensing occupational-regulation professional-speech speech-restriction Whether a government prohibition on communicating a message is exempt from First Amendment scrutiny simply because that prohibition flows from a statu…
22-5315 Ryan Rydell Bonner v. Texas Texas 2022-08-09 Denied IFP burden-of-proof censorship clear-and-present-danger constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech government-regulation statutory-vagueness Whether the First Amendment requires the government to regulate speech with narrow specificity, even when the speech is provocative and challenging bu…
21-7963 Steven Strong Bear Stevenson v. California California 2022-05-24 Denied IFP civil-rights content-neutrality free-speech government-regulation public-forum viewpoint-discrimination Whether the First Amendment protects the right of private citizens to participate in a public forum, even if their participation is deemed offensive o…
21-7511 Kevin E. Herriott v. Charles Burton, Warden Fourth Circuit 2022-03-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech government-regulation judicial-review Whether the South Carolina appellate court's ruling is constitutional and reasonable in content to further a legitimate governmental objective?
21-7108 Kevin Stephen Ryan v. Minnesota Minnesota 2022-02-14 Denied IFP 1st-amendment civil-rights content-based-restriction free-speech government-regulation prior-restraint Whether the government's restriction on the petitioner's speech violates the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech
21-1120 Chad Thompson, et al. v. Richard Michael DeWine, Governor of Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-02-14 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived ballot-access civil-rights constitutional-challenge COVID-19-restrictions first-amendment free-speech government-regulation initiative-placement mootness standing Whether ever-changing and ongoing government-issued COVID-19 restrictions moot First Amendment challenges to ballot access restrictions
21-5464 Steven Eric Walker v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-regulation individual-liberty second-amendment self-defense standing supremacy-clause Whether the Second Amendment's command that 'the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed' permits government to prohibit any…
20-893 Duane Ronald Belanus v. Lynn Guyer, Warden Montana 2021-01-05 Denied Response Waived compelled-speech content-neutrality free-speech government-regulation private-entities public-forum Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from compelling private entities to host and disseminate speech with which they disagree
20-6008 Brian Evans v. Kaiali'i Kahele Hawaii 2020-10-14 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP compelled-speech content-neutrality first-amendment free-speech government-regulation private-entities Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from compelling private entities to host and disseminate speech they disagree with
20-306 Robert Olan and Theodore Huber v. United States Second Circuit 2020-09-09 GVR Amici (2) conversion criminal-procedure dirks-v-sec fraud fraud-statute government-regulation insider-trading personal-benefit property-rights securities-law Whether information about a proposed government regulation is 'property' or a 'thing of value' belonging to a federal, state, or local regulator such …
19-1175 John Fritz, et ux. v. Washoe County, Nevada Nevada 2020-03-26 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived economic-impact economic-impairment fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment government-regulation loretto-v-teleprompter physical-invasion physical-taking property-rights regulatory-takings takings To constitute a taking under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, must a physical invasion also destroy or substantially impair an owner's economicall…
19-1091 Steve Ray Evans v. Sandy City, Utah, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-03-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) expressive-conduct first-amendment free-speech government-burden government-regulation less-restrictive-alternatives public-forum roadway-medians speech-restriction traffic-safety Whether a government may ban expressive conduct without first trying to advance its interests using less speech-restrictive measures
19-6432 Michael Anthony Thibodeaux v. Drew Evans, Superintendent, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Minnesota 2019-10-29 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process government-regulation liberty-interest predatory-offender-registration procedural-due-process procedural-safeguards sex-offender-registration split-authority Whether a person has a protectable liberty interest in not registering as a sex offender if he has not been convicted of a sex offense
19-439 CTIA - The Wireless Association v. City of Berkeley, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied Amici (6) commercial-speech compelled-disclosure compelled-speech consumer-protection disclosure-requirements first-amendment government-regulation intermediate-scrutiny zauderer zauderer-standard Whether Zauderer's reduced scrutiny of compelled commercial speech applies beyond the need to prevent consumer deception
18-9605 Don Ferguson v. Florida Florida 2019-06-11 Denied IFP 7th-amendment compelled-speech content-neutrality criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial first-amendment free-speech government-regulation jury-instructions private-entities Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from requiring private entities to host speech they disagree with
18-9582 In Re E. Edward Zimmermann 2019-06-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP civil-rights due-process employment-conditions federal-preemption federalism government-regulation labor-law labor-relations labor-rights national-labor-relations-act statutory-interpretation workplace-governance Are 'terms and conditions of employment and working conditions' as defined by The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), subject matter left to free peo…
18-1502 Brian Mark Burmaster v. Eli Lilly and Company Sixth Circuit 2019-06-03 Denied 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights drug-marketing due-process free-speech government-action government-intervention government-overreach government-regulation medical-ethics pharmaceutical pharmaceutical-liability pharmaceutical-litigation sixth-amendment If a company's manufactured and marketed product is cited by the US Government as a 'miracle drug' to restore a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment r…
18-1192 The Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-13 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act constitutional-rights contraceptive-coverage contraceptive-mandate government-mandate government-regulation health-care health-plans healthcare-coverage healthcare-law interim-final-rules national-importance religious-exemption religious-exemptions religious-freedom-restoration-act religious-objection standing Whether RFRA requires the government to exempt religious objectors from providing health plans that include contraceptive coverage
18-7931 Michael Keith Henley v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure compelled-speech content-neutrality due-process fraudulent-plea-agreement free-speech government-regulation ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice private-property public-forum standing Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from requiring private entities to host speech they disagree with
18-6942 Monserrate Zapata v. PECO Energy Company Third Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-regulatory-commission government-regulation pleading-standards property-rights smart-meter standing state-actor utility-regulation utility-service utility-shut-off Whether the Fourteenth Amendment due process rights were violated when PECO issued shut-off notices to the petitioner for failing to provide access to…