| 23A1066 |
Cox Communications, Incorporated, et al. v. Sony Music Entertainment, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-05-30 |
Presumed Complete |
|
contributory-infringement copyright-infringement internet-service-provider knowledge-standard secondary-liability willfulness |
Whether an internet service provider can be held liable for contributory copyright infringement based solely on general knowledge that users might eng… |
| 23-752 |
Y.Y.G.M. SA, dba Brandy Melville v. Redbubble, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
adverse-consequences circuit-split contributory-liability contributory-trademark-infringement intellectual-property knowledge-standard legal-standard reasonable-steps specific-infringement trademark-infringement trademark-law |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred by holding that a defendant may be held liable for contributory trademark infringement only if it knows or has reason … |
| 22-1020 |
H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P. v. Unicolors, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-04-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
actual-knowledge civil-action copyright-act copyright-act-1976 copyright-infringement copyright-registration intent-to-defraud knowledge-standard scienter statutory-interpretation |
Whether § 411(b)(1)(A)'s 'knowledge' element requires 'actual knowledge,' as this Court held, or 'intent to defraud,' as the Ninth Circuit held on rem… |
| 22-6634 |
Rafael Espino v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-01-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-liability deliberate-actions due-process global-tech-appliances knowledge-standard mens-rea subjective-belief willful-blindness |
Whether 'knowing' federal criminal liability based on 'willful blindness' requires a defendant to 'subjectively' believe there is a 'high probability'… |
| 22-593 |
United States, ex rel. Deborah Sheldon v. Allergan Sales, LLC |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-12-27 |
GVR |
Relisted (5) |
civil-liability false-claims-act government-fraud knowingly knowledge-standard statutory-interpretation subjective-beliefs subjective-understanding |
Whether and when a defendant's contemporaneous subjective understanding or beliefs about the lawfulness of its conduct are relevant to whether it 'kno… |
| 21-7822 |
Christopher Patrick Lovings v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-05-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure enhancement fleeing fleeing-offense judicial-discretion knowledge knowledge-standard law-enforcement sentencing sentencing-guidelines ussg-3c1.2 |
Whether a sentencing court may apply an enhancement pursuant to USSG § 3C1.2 when the record fails to establish the defendant knew or had reason to kn… |
| 21-6049 |
Aaron Christopher Pena v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law drug-offenses importation knowledge-standard mens-rea methamphetamine offense-level-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation strict-liability |
Whether an offense level enhancement under the Sentencing Guidelines applies when the defendant did not know that the drugs were imported |
| 20-6730 |
Jose Lupe Corrall v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution due-process federal-scheduling guilty-plea knowledge-standard mens-rea plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation |
Whether, under McFadden v. United States, a defendant pleading guilty to knowingly distributing a controlled substance must admit that he knew the sub… |
| 20-6481 |
Luis Francisco Murillo Morfin v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-12-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
coercion conspiracy criminal-conspiracy criminal-law deliberate-ignorance due-process intent-requirement knowledge-standard mens-rea |
Whether the government may rely on a deliberate ignorance theory to establish a conspiracy conviction, when there is no evidence of deliberate action … |
| 20-6405 |
Joshua Cato v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution due-process federal-scheduling guilty-plea knowledge-standard mens-rea plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation |
Whether, under McFadden v. United States, a defendant who pleads guilty to knowingly distributing a controlled substance must admit that he knew the s… |
| 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) |
| 19-8340 |
Christopher Scruggs v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-04-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law distribution distribution-intent file-sharing knowledge knowledge-standard mens-rea sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether 'knowingly engaged in distribution' in sentencing guideline 2G2.2(b)(3)(F) requires knowledge that files are accessible online or only general… |
| 19-1149 |
UPMC, et al. v. United States, ex rel. J. William Bookwalter, III, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-03-19 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
ambiguity civil-penalty civil-procedure false-claims-act knowledge knowledge-standard pleading-standard regulatory-ambiguity regulatory-provision scienter treble-damages |
Whether a plaintiff plausibly alleges scienter—that a defendant knowingly submitted false claims—when the plaintiff does not allege any facts to sugge… |
| 18-7296 |
Demetrio Cisneros v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights deliberate-actions due-process global-tech investigative-duty knowledge knowledge-standard patent standing willful-blindness |
Can failure to investigate suspicious circumstances, without more, constitute the 'deliberate actions' to avoid knowledge under the willful-blindness … |
| 18-7050 |
Javier Portillo v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
border-crossing border-search criminal-evidence criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process evidence jury knowledge-standard mens-rea narcotics-possession ninth-circuit standard-of-proof sufficiency-of-evidence trial-sufficiency |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's analysis of the facts was inadequate |
| 18-5809 |
Robert Carl Sharp v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-08-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
analogue-drugs controlled-substances criminal-intent criminal-law drug-statute drug-testing knowledge-requirement knowledge-standard mens-rea willful-blindness |
Can recklessness or negligence amount to willful blindness? |
| 18-235 |
Ventura Content, Ltd. v. Motherless, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-23 |
Denied |
|
actual-knowledge apparent-knowledge copyright-infringement copyright-liability digital-millennium-copyright-act dmca-safe-harbor knowledge-standard online-service-provider repeat-infringer repeat-infringer-policy repeat-infringers termination-policy volitional-conduct |
Whether an online service provider can be held to have adopted a reasonable termination policy for repeat copyright infringers under the DMCA, where t… |
| 18-5251 |
Sarjo Dambelly v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2018-07-17 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure deliberate-avoidance global-tech intent jury-instructions knowledge-standard mens-rea second-circuit willful-blindness |
Whether, in light of Global-Tech, the Second Circuit errs by holding, contrary to at least six other circuits, that willful blindness in a criminal ca… |