| 25-744 |
Jose Duran, Individually and as Representative of a Class of Judgment Creditors of the Estate of Ferdinand E. Marcos v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2025-12-22 |
Pending |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure due-process foreign-judgment forfeiture in-rem-jurisdiction sovereign-immunity |
This proceeding was brought by the United States on behalf of the Republic of the Philippines, seeking recognition and enforcement of a Philippine for… |
| 25-213 |
Atlas Turner, Inc. v. Donna B. Welch, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Melvin G. Welch, Deceased, et al. |
South Carolina |
2025-08-21 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
constitutional-limits due-process in-rem-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction state-court territorial-boundaries |
The U.S. Constitution imposes due-process limits on the jurisdiction of state and federal courts. Those limits differ depending on the type of jurisdi… |
| 24-283 |
Oxana N. Parikh v. Anthony G. Brown, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-09-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights-violations in-rem-jurisdiction orphans-court preclusive-effect res-judicata standing |
Whether it was error to give preclusive effect to an earlier in rem orphans' court Estate matter with 'special limited jurisdiction' that could not br… |
| 23-988 |
Justin Holder v. Jeffrey Young, et al. |
Maryland |
2024-03-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
5th-amendment fifth-amendment in-rem-jurisdiction judicial-jurisdiction land-transfer merger-doctrine municipal-power police-power property-rights subdivision-ordinance taking takings |
Does the State employee judge Andrew Wilkinson's orders refusing to join the State, and voiding the deeds of Petitioner that contested the State's col… |
| 23-216 |
Klamath Irrigation District v. United States Bureau of Reclamation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-09-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
comprehensive-adjudication federal-obligations federal-removal in-rem-jurisdiction judicial-review mccarran-amendment prior-exclusive-jurisdiction state-adjudication water-rights |
Whether the federal government can avoid the doctrine of prior exclusive jurisdiction in an ongoing, comprehensive water adjudication under the McCarr… |
| 22-801 |
Ameen Salaam v. Illinois, ex. rel. Kimberly Foxx |
Illinois |
2023-02-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-forfeiture civil-judicial-forfeiture due-process in-rem-jurisdiction judicial-procedure notice notice-requirement passage-of-time void-judgment |
Whether a court can enter a final judgment without the notice required by the due process clause |
| 22-744 |
Joseph C. Sheehan v. Breccia Unlimited Company, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-02-08 |
Denied |
|
automatic-stay bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-jurisdiction circuit-split debtor-property in-rem-jurisdiction international-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction property-estate |
Whether the United States Bankruptcy Code's grant of world-wide jurisdiction over a debtor's property permits a federal court to exercise in rem juris… |
| 22-522 |
Applied Underwriters, Inc., et al. v. Ricardo Lara, Commissioner, California Department of Insurance, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-12-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1983 abstention abstention-doctrine civil-rights constitutional-violations in-personam in-rem in-rem-jurisdiction prior-exclusive-jurisdiction section-1983 state-executive-officers |
Does the prior exclusive jurisdiction doctrine require a federal court to abstain in an action against state executive officers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983… |
| 21-595 |
Bruce Alexander v. Anheuser-Busch, L.L.C., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure due-process employee-contacts federal-rules in-rem-jurisdiction motion-to-dismiss personal-jurisdiction sales subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Did the Western District Court err in its rulings on personal-jurisdiction, in-rem-jurisdiction, due-process, civil-procedure, sales, and employee-con… |
| 20-1385 |
Tarek Obaid v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-02 |
Denied |
|
28-usc-1355 civil-forfeiture due-process in-rem in-rem-jurisdiction minimum-contacts pennoyer-v-neff property-situs shaffer-v-heitner statutory-interpretation |
Does the Due Process Clause require application of the minimum-contacts test to in-rem proceedings? |
| 20-46 |
Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas v. Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-07-20 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-jurisdiction debtor-rights due-process in-rem-jurisdiction sovereign-immunity state-property state-property-rights takings |
Whether a bankruptcy court's in rem jurisdiction over a debtor's property allows it to exercise in rem jurisdiction over the separate property of an a… |
| 19-540 |
Andre Jenkins v. City of Cleveland, Ohio |
Ohio |
2019-10-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights concurrent-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process forfeiture forfeiture-procedure in-rem-jurisdiction property-rights seizure standing warrantless-seizure |
Whether the warrantless seizure of money for forfeiture can be justified |
| 18-1384 |
Joseph D. Bradley v. Alco Oil & Gas Company, LLC, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-05-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-959(b) diversion-of-funds exclusive-in-rem-jurisdiction federal-equity-receiver federal-freeze-order federal-receivership fund-diversion in-rem-jurisdiction in-rem-jurisdiction-28-usc-754 midlantic midlantic-decision notice-to-parties state-agency state-agency-regulation statutory-interpretation summary-proceedings |
Whether a State agency can divert defrauded investor funds subject to a federal court's exclusive in rem jurisdiction and freeze order, whether a fede… |
| 18-8139 |
Louis A. Hardison v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-02-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
asset-forfeiture civil-procedure civil-procedure-forfeiture due-process federal-adoption federal-jurisdiction forfeiture in-rem-jurisdiction ineffective-counsel missouri-forfeiture-laws missouri-statute state-federal-jurisdiction state-law turnover-order |
Whether Missouri statute RSMO 513.607-613.647 provides exclusive in rem jurisdiction over seized property even when state and local government fail to… |
| 18-1067 |
Ambac Assurance Corporation v. U.S. Bank National Association |
Minnesota |
2019-02-14 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
constitutional-limits due-process forum-state in-rem-jurisdiction minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction trust trust-law trustee trustee-presence |
Whether a court may exercise in rem jurisdiction over a trust where the trust's primary assets are located outside the forum state |