judicial-ambiguity
2 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-817 | Charles W. Christopher v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2026-01-09 | Pending | Response Waived | criminal-law judicial-ambiguity legal-interpretation rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation supreme-court-standards | What degree of statutory ambiguity triggers the rule of lenity? |
| 25-5410 | Kyle Syphax v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2025-08-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split judicial-ambiguity penal-provision plain-text rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation | When Circuits split over a penal provision's meaning, with each side believing that its competing, rational interpretation is compelled by the provisi… |