legal-immunity
13 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-45 | Chatom Primary Care, P.C., et al. v. Merck & Co., Inc. | Third Circuit | 2025-07-14 | Denied | Amici (2) | adjudicative-proceeding antitrust-liability fraud-doctrine government-deception legal-immunity litigation-misconduct | Is intentional deception of the government in an adjudicative proceeding completely immunized from antitrust liability so long as the deception succee… |
| 23-7081 | Elias Makere v. E. Gary Early, Administrative Law Judge | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-03-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-liability civil-procedure civil-prosecution civil-rights clerical-functions clerical-tasks court-procedure judicial-immunity legal-immunity ministerial-duties ministerial-tasks | 1. Are judges immune (from civil prosecution) when performing clerical tasks (eg, Xeroxing transcripts/etc.)? 2. Are judges immune (from civil prosec… |
| 23-6651 | Falastin Martin v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-02-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | administrative-law civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction government-accountability judicial-review legal-immunity sovereign-immunity whistleblower-protection | Will the courts recognize that individuals that work for the U.S. Government are not above U.S. law? Will the courts realize that it's of national … |
| 23-516 | Michael D. Smith v. Derek Gordon, et al. | Kentucky | 2023-11-16 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process fifth-amendment immunity legal-immunity legal-malpractice prisoner-rights standing | 1 Will this court let stand as Kentucky courts have ruled that lawyers in a criminal case, in essence have the same IMMUNITY as judges and prosecuto… |
| 22-83 | B&G Foods North America, Inc. v. Kim Embry, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2022-07-28 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-enforcement declaratory-relief injunctive-relief legal-immunity noerr-pennington noerr-pennington-doctrine standing state-actors unconstitutional-laws | Whether the judge-made Noerr-Pennington doctrine immunizes state actors who seek to enforce unconstitutional laws and regulations. |
| 21-1108 | Enron Nigeria Power Holding, Limited v. United States, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2022-02-10 | Denied | Response Waived | arbitration burden-of-proof civil-procedure commercial-activity foreign-sovereign-immunities-act international-law legal-immunity yacht-sale | 1. Whether a foreign state that makes a legal claim to a yacht, participates extensively in the sale of the yacht, and stands to benefit financially f… |
| 20-7994 | In Re Lee Robert Scott | 2021-05-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | agency-authorization civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction government-misconduct judicial-misconduct legal-immunity procedural-protection standing state-prosecution | Question not identified. | |
| 20-1524 | Advantageous Community Services, LLC, et al. v. Gary King, et al. | Tenth Circuit | 2021-05-03 | Denied | civil-procedure civil-rights due-process hope-v-pelzer legal-immunity medicaid-fraud qualified-immunity state-employees | 1. Should the doctrine of qualified immunity be limited to defenses at common law when the Civil Rights Act was adopted or should it be abolished by t… | |
| 20-486 | Nathaniel Ogle v. Ohio Civil Service Employees Association, AFSCME Local 11, AFL-CIO | Sixth Circuit | 2020-10-14 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) | 42-usc-1983 civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights damages-liability good-faith-defense legal-immunity | Is there a "good faith defense" to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that shields a defendant from damages liability for depriving citizens of their constitutional rig… |
| 20-20 | Benito Casanova v. International Association of Machinists, Local 701 | Seventh Circuit | 2020-07-14 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) | 42-usc-1983 civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights damages-liability good-faith-defense legal-immunity | Is there a "good faith defense" to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that shields a defendant from damages liability for depriving citizens of their constitutional rig… |
| 19-1271 | Toni Sharretts Collins v. William Zolnier | Texas | 2020-05-07 | Denied | Response Waived | absolute-privilege circuit-conflict civil-procedure communication-privilege defamation defamation-privilege first-amendment free-speech judicial-privilege legal-immunity procedural-exception tort tort-law | Whether a party has absolute judicial privilege when a defamatory communication is made that has no logical relation to the proceeding. |
| 19-1104 | Mark Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2020-03-10 | Denied | Amici (1)Relisted (9) | 42-usc-1983 civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights damages-liability good-faith-defense legal-immunity unconstitutional-law | Is there a "good faith defense" to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that shields a defendant from damages liability for depriving citizens of their constitutional rig… |
| 18-964 | Father John Gallagher v. Diocese of Palm Beach, Inc. | Florida | 2019-01-25 | Denied | Amici (2) | church-doctrine civil-rights defamation first-amendment free-speech legal-immunity public-safety religious-speech standing | Whether the priest is barred by the First Amendment from bringing a defamation action against a church when the defamatory statements are published ou… |