| 24-1173 |
Evans Hotels, LLC, et al. v. Unite Here! Local 30, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-05-15 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split first-amendment labor-law noerr-pennington section-8b4 sham-petitioning |
Did the Ninth Circuit err in holding that the First Amendment and the Noerr-Pennington doctrine protect the unions' actions despite those actions viol… |
| 23-754 |
Van Sant & Co. v. Town of Calhan, Colorado, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-01-12 |
Denied |
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antitrust-immunity circuit-split civil-rights due-process government-petitioning-activity local-government local-government-antitrust-act noerr-pennington noerr-pennington-doctrine summary-judgment |
Does the LGAA entitle local government officials to immunity from antitrust damages when they act unlawfully? |
| 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 Noerr-Pennington doctrine immunizes state actors |
| 20-1293 |
AbbVie Inc., et al. v. Federal Trade Commission |
Third Circuit |
2021-03-18 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
antitrust antitrust-law civil-procedure due-process litigation-exception noerr-pennington noerr-pennington-immunity objective-baselessness sham-litigation standing subjective-element |
Whether the subjective element of the 'sham litigation' exception to Noerr-Pennington immunity may be met by an inference from a finding that a challe… |
| 20-952 |
Construction Cost Data, L.L.C., et al. v. The Gordian Group, Incorporated, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-14 |
Denied |
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business-disparagement defamation false-statements first-amendment jury-findings noerr-pennington noerr-pennington-doctrine reckless-disregard state-law-liability |
Whether the Noerr-Pennington doctrine has been improperly expanded beyond its First-Amendment-protections to insulate knowingly-false-statements |
| 20-6520 |
Paul Viriyapanthu v. State Bar of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-12-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment ada americans-with-disabilities-act arbitration-immunity noerr-pennington sovereign-immunity spending-clause title-ii u.s.-v.-georgia |
Where Congress conditioned the ADA to states' receipt of funding, must a Title II plaintiff demonstrate a 14th Amendment violation under U.S. v. Georg… |
| 19-548 |
Joseph R. Mullins v. Joseph E. Corcoran, et al. |
Massachusetts |
2019-10-29 |
Denied |
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civil-procedure civil-rights commercial-dispute first-amendment minority-shareholder-rights noerr-pennington noerr-pennington-doctrine petition right-to-petition sham-litigation |
Whether, under the First Amendment, a court may award damages against a party for the act of filing suit in a commercial dispute without finding that … |
| 19-505 |
William Rupert v. Susan Bond, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
antitrust circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process frcp-12b6 judicial-expediency noerr-pennington personal-jurisdiction rico rico-statute sham-litigation standing |
Should the circuit splits over the use of FRCP-12(b)(6)-motions,to-rule-upon-a-disputed-issue-of-fact-(the-sham-litigation-or-fraud-exception-to-claim… |
| 19-194 |
Daniel Delacruz, Sr. v. State Bar of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment noerr-pennington noerr-pennington-doctrine racial-discrimination rooker-feldman-doctrine |
Does a dismissal of claims based on the Rooker-Feldman doctrine and First Amendment rights under the Noerr-Pennington doctrine violate the equal prote… |