political-influence

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-461 Edward Mangano v. United States Second Circuit 2025-10-15 Pending Response RequestedResponse Waived criminal-conviction fiduciary-duty government-official honest-services-fraud official-action political-influence Whether an official in one government may be convicted of honest services fraud when his only alleged "official action" was using his "tremendous poli…
23-33 Arthur Lopez v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, et al. California 2023-07-11 Denied antitrust antitrust-law civil-rights constitutional constitutional-law corporate-influence familial-status housing-discrimination political-influence standing Should the U.S. Constitution and federal/state civil-rights, housing, antitrust laws trump the defendants' political-financial influence in dodging li…
21-7980 Perry Singo v. Tennessee Tennessee 2022-05-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-independence political-influence political-interference separation-of-powers state-constitution Are the attacks on the judiciary and the efforts of politicians to change the judiciary so it will do things the politicians want it to do denying due…
21-1158 Joseph Percoco v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2022-02-22 Judgment Issued Amici (4)Relisted (2) civil-rights criminal-law due-process fiduciary-duty government-decisionmaking honest-services-fraud political-influence public-corruption Does a private citizen who holds no elected office or government employment, but has informal political or other influence over governmental decisionm…
18-1005 Eileen L. Zell v. Katherine M. Klingelhafer, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-02-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure court-misconduct cover-up due-process judicial-bias legal-malpractice perjury political-influence settlement-conference Whether the actions of the district and appellate courts violated due process by allowing perjury, denying motions, and covering up misconduct by a pr…