| 24-5202 |
James B. Jordan v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-08-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights common-carrier constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-procedure liability passenger-safety statutory-interpretation transportation |
Question not identified |
| 23-139 |
United States, ex rel. Shannon Martin, M.D., et al. v. Darren Hathaway, M.D., et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-08-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
anti-kickback-statute false-claims-act federal-health-care-program government-claims healthcare-fraud liability remuneration statutory-interpretation |
Does the term 'remuneration' under the Anti-Kickback Statute encompass solicitation or receipt of any kind of reward or compensation, or is it limited… |
| 22-824 |
The Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, et al. v. Alexander Belya |
Second Circuit |
2023-03-01 |
Denied |
Amici (8)Relisted (3) |
church-autonomy defamation-claims first-amendment immunity internal-disputes judicial-interference liability ministerial-exception religious-leadership religious-liberty |
Whether the First Amendment's church autonomy doctrine and its 'ministerial exception' should be understood as an immunity from judicial interference … |
| 22-123 |
University of Toledo v. Jaycee Wamer |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-08-09 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (3) |
circuit-split civil-rights due-process educational-law liability notice school-liability sexual-harassment title-ix |
Can schools be liable under Title IX for sexual harassment that ceased before they were notified? |
| 20-1142 |
Atlantic Richfield Company v. Asarco LLC |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-22 |
Dismissed |
Response RequestedResponse Waived |
bankruptcy cercla contribution contribution-claim environmental-liability judicial-settlement liability response-action settlement statutory-interpretation |
Whether a judicially approved settlement that conclusively determines a party's obligation to perform response actions 'resolves its liability' for 's… |
| 19-826 |
The Estate of Swannie Her, et al. v. Craig Hoeppner, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-12-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment civil-rights culpable-intent due-process fourteenth-amendment intent liability life-liberty-property reasonable-protection state-created-danger |
Whether the state-created danger doctrine provides a due process claim |
| 19-790 |
Juan A. Martin-de-Nicolas v. AAA Texas County Mutual Insurance Company |
Texas |
2019-12-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
automobile-liability-insurance civil-procedure duty-to-settle insurance insurance-duty insurance-law legal-liability liability negligence negligence-standard policyholder-negligence policyholder-rights settlement settlement-obligation third-party-claims |
Do automobile liability insurers have a duty not-to-settle third-party claims, when it becomes reasonably clear that the peril insured against—policyh… |
| 19-630 |
Kyle Ray Hurst, Personal Representative of the Estate of Andrew James Hurst and on Behalf of the Estate of Andrew James Hurst Deceased and the Statutory Wrongful Death Survivor of Andrew James Hurst v. United States, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-11-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights commercial-area commercial-use due-process eleventh-circuit federal-jurisdiction federal-jurisprudence federal-lands-management fee-charged liability public-access standing statutory-interpretation summary-judgment takings |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit wrongfully absolved Respondent of liability when it determined that Moore Lake was not an 'area' where a fee was charged,… |
| 19-196 |
Louisiana Health Service & Indemnity Company, dba Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana v. Encompass Office Solutions, Incorporated |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-14 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
antiassignment-provision authoritative-guidance choice-of-law civil-procedure claim-processing clear-authoritative-guidance erie-doctrine erie-railroad erie-railroad-co-v-tompkins erisa erisa-antiassignment-provision erisa-benefits erisa-waiver federal-court federal-courts liability medical-provider standing state-law statutory-interpretation waiver |
Whether a federal court may choose the option that expands liability under state law, absent clear, authoritative guidance from the state's courts |
| 19-126 |
Gary A. Oram, Jr. v. City of Dillon, Montana, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1985 civil-procedure civil-rights double-jeopardy due-process fair-trial judicial-resolution liability magistrate-jurisdiction private-citizen section-1985 standing |
Are the Courts able to find a judicial resolution in a §1985(3) claim against one private citizen, after all other individuals in the action are relea… |
| 18-1427 |
Marie Laventure, et al. v. United Nations, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-05-14 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (2) |
civil-procedure common-law federal-rules-of-civil-procedure immunity jurisdiction legislative-enactment liability tort tort-action tort-claims un-general-assembly un-immunity un-liability un-secretary-general |
Whether the term 'liability' can be used in an unenforceable, non-obligatory context |
| 18-913 |
Joshua Brennan v. James Dawson, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-15 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (9) |
civil-liability civil-procedure civil-rights common-law constitutional-rights due-process law-enforcement liability police-conduct qualified-immunity reasonable-reliance |
Whether a police officer may reasonably rely on a narrow exception to a specific and clearly established right to shield him from civil liability when… |
| 18-423 |
Christopher Barrella v. Village of Freeport, New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2018-10-03 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights damages due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure golden-rule-argument jury-instructions liability liability-determination new-trial standing |
Whether a lawyer's invitation to the jury to imagine themselves in the shoes of an interested party in determining either liability or damages is impr… |
| 18-5489 |
Min Ho Kwon v. Hyoun Phil Won, et al. |
Virginia |
2018-08-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
assault civil-procedure civil-rights damages due-process employment injury insurance-claim liability personal-injury standing worker's-compensation workers-compensation |
Whether Hyoun, Chan, and Liberty should compensate Kwon for the assault and resulting injuries and lost income |