legislative-immunity

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-755 Andrew S. Clyde, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, et al. v. William McFarland, in His Official Capacity as Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives, et al. District of Columbia 2024-01-12 Denied congressional-immunity congressional-rules constitutional-interpretation constitutional-violations judicial-review jurisdiction legislative-immunity legislative-procedure separation-of-powers speech-or-debate-clause twenty-seventh-amendment 1. Whether the Speech or Debate Clause creates a jurisdictional bar to judicial consideration of whether internal congressional rules or practices vio…
23A452 Ben Toma, et al. v. United States District Court for the District of Arizona Ninth Circuit 2023-11-20 Denied discovery judicial-review legislative-immunity legislative-privilege state-legislators voting-rights Question not identified.
22-178 Robert R. Cushing, Individually and in His Capacity as the Minority Leader of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, et al. v. Sherman Packard, Speaker of the House of the New Hampshire House of Representatives First Circuit 2022-08-29 Denied Response Waived ada circuit-split civil-rights legislative-immunity official-capacity rehabilitation-act What is the scope of the "extraordinary character" exception to legislative immunity? Does legislative immunity insulate state legislatures and/or le…
22-7 Joe Carollo v. William O. Fuller, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-07-01 Denied discretionary-function eleventh-circuit legislative-immunity mitchell-v-forsyth municipal-elected-official municipal-official policy-making qualified-immunity scott-v-harris Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals' narrow application of the legislative immunity doctrine to a municipal elected official departs from an…
21-6299 Daryl Cook v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2021-11-16 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights collusion conspiracy conspiracy-prosecution constitutional-rights due-process legislative-immunity political-association prosecutorial-discretion standing Whether the procedure due process violations described in Petitioner's federal Complaint caused the settlement in the state court to be void AB INITIO…
21-606 Donald Shooter v. Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-10-26 Denied appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech legislative-immunity legislative-procedure qualified-immunity standing 1. Does this case present an important question not previously decided by the Supreme Court in which an elected member of the Arizona Legislature enga…
20-1073 John Does 1-10 v. Debra Haaland, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-02-05 Denied Response Waived civil-rights congressional-immunity constitutional-law due-process federal-immunity free-speech legislative-immunity legislative-privilege libel speech-and-debate-clause Is election to Congress a license to libel anyone, anywhere, anytime, even when the libel is not in response to a press inquiry, does not concern pend…
20-6852 Cindy Bauer, fka Cindy Gamrat v. Edward McBroom, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process fair-and-just-treatment fair-treatment legislative-immunity legislative-investigations-and-hearings pleading-standard pleading-standards sixth-circuit Article I § 17 of Michigan 's Constitution states in part, The right of all individuals, firms, and corporations, and voluntary associations to fair …
20-738 Donald Grochowski, as Administrator of the Estate of Kenneth Grochowski, Deceased, et al. v. Clayton County, Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-27 Denied Response Waived cell-design civil-rights detainee-safety due-process inadequate-staffing jail-conditions legislative-immunity objective-reasonableness qualified-immunity substantial-risk Jail supervisor policymakers and Clayton County, Georgia were sued by detainee Grochowski's representatives for the known conditions and systems they …
19-26 Darlene Collins, et al. v. Charles W. Daniels, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-07-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) bail-reform constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment judicial-immunity legislative-immunity new-mexico-constitution sovereign-immunity Well before New Mexico's history as a territory and a state, wherein money bail or bail by sufficient sureties was the primary and for a long period t…
18-406 Aaron J. Schock v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-10-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (4) appellate-jurisdiction collateral-order-doctrine immunity legislative-immunity non-justiciability pendent-appellate-jurisdiction rulemaking-clause separation-of-powers speech-or-debate-clause I. May a member of the Legislative Branch immediately appeal from the denial of his motion to dismiss an indictment on the ground that it violates the…