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25-904 La Union del Pueblo Entero v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2026-02-02 Pending Response Waived disability-rights election-law mail-ballot preemption voter-assistance voting-rights Whether Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act preempts a Texas state law that prohibits eligible voters from compensating their chosen ballot assisters…
25-890 Arkansas United, et al. v. John Thurston, in His Official Capacity as the Secretary of State of Arkansas et al. Eighth Circuit 2026-01-29 Pending declaratory-relief injunctive-relief preemption private-plaintiffs state-actors voting-rights-act Whether private plaintiffs may maintain a suit in equity for declaratory and injunctive relief against state actors to prevent the continued enforceme…
25A624 Cynthia Braccia, et al. v. Northwell Health Systems Second Circuit 2025-11-26 Application employment-discrimination preemption religious-accommodation state-law supremacy-clause title-vii Whether the Supremacy Clause preempts state laws that conflict with Title VII's religious accommodation requirements
25A612 Alison Maynard v. William R. Lucero, et al. Texas 2025-11-24 Application internet-communications minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction preemption supremacy-clause wiretap-act Whether the Wiretap Act preempts state procedural laws and jurisdictional doctrines under the Supremacy Clause when a privacy invasion claim involves …
25-585 SunTrust Bank v. Charles Daniel Bickerstaff, as Administrator of the Estate of Jeff Bickerstaff, Jr., on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated Georgia 2025-11-18 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived arbitration-agreement class-action federal-arbitration-act opt-out preemption state-court-rule Whether the FAA preempts a state court rule permitting a proposed class representative to effectively opt out of arbitration on behalf of all unnamed …
25-505 Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp., et al. Federal Circuit 2025-10-23 Denied Response Waived judicial-exceptions machine-learning patent-claims patent-eligibility preemption section-101 Whether the Federal Circuit's approach to patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 improperly interprets judicial exceptions to patent-eligible subjec…
25-495 The Boeing Company v. Southwest Airline Pilots Association, on Behalf of Itself and its Members Texas 2025-10-22 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) airline-industry collective-bargaining-agreement preemption railway-labor-act state-law-claims third-party-liability Whether the Railway Labor Act preempts state-law claims against a third party that cannot be resolved without interpreting a collective bargaining agr…
25-438 Pacific Gas & Electric Company, et al. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Ninth Circuit 2025-10-09 Pending Response Waived federal-power-act ferc-jurisdiction interstate-transmission preemption regional-transmission-organization utility-incentives Whether the Ninth Circuit correctly held that the Federal Power Act does not preempt California's RTO mandate and whether RTO mandates render utilitie…
25-311 Genesis Financial Solutions, Inc. v. Steve Ford, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-09-17 Pending Amici (1)Response Requested arbitration-clause circuit-split consideration-requirement contract-law federal-arbitration-act preemption Does the Federal Arbitration Act permit states to impose separate and heightened consideration requirements that apply only to arbitration clauses, or…
25A298 The Boeing Company v. Southwest Airline Pilots Association, on Behalf of Itself and its Members Texas 2025-09-16 Presumed Complete collective-bargaining labor-union preemption railway-labor-act state-law-tort third-party-claim Whether the Railway Labor Act preempts state-law tort claims brought by a labor union against a third party that require interpretation of a collectiv…
25-145 Total Quality Logistics, LLC v. Robert Cox, as Personal Representative and Special Administrator of the Estate of Greta Cox Sixth Circuit 2025-08-06 Pending Amici (2) federal-transportation-law freight-broker motor-carrier negligence-claim preemption safety-exception Whether a common-law negligence claim against a freight broker for selecting a motor carrier is preempted by the Federal Aviation Administration Autho…
25A147 Scott Cannon, Individually and as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Blaise Cannon v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc. First Circuit 2025-08-05 Presumed Complete erisa federal-courts preemption rutledge-precedent statutory-interpretation wrongful-death Whether the Supreme Court's decision in Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association clarifies the standard for statutory preemption of stat…
25-113 Breanna Renteria, et al. v. New Mexico Office of the Superintendent of Insurance, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-07-30 Pending CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) employment-division-v-smith first-amendment health-care-sharing-ministry preemption religious-exercise strict-scrutiny Whether state laws regulating health care sharing ministries must be deemed neutral under Employment Division v. Smith and whether federal ACA exempti…
25-64 Iron Bar Holdings, LLC v. Bradly H. Cape, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-07-18 Denied Amici (3) corner-crossing eminent-domain land-grant preemption property-rights trespass Whether the Unlawful Inclosures Act implicitly preempts private landowners' state-law property right to exclude in an area covering millions of acres …
25-3 Malco Enterprises of Nevada, Inc., a Domestic Corporation v. Alelign Woldeyohannes Nevada 2025-07-01 Denied Amici (2) financial-responsibility-law graves-amendment preemption rental-car-liability state-statute vicarious-liability Whether a state statute that imposes vicarious liability on rental and leasing companies through a provision governing insurance can evade Graves Amen…
24-1318 American Electric Power Service Corporation v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-06-26 Denied energy-law federal-power-act interstate-transmission preemption regional-transmission-organization utility-regulation Whether the Sixth Circuit correctly held that the Federal Power Act does not preempt Ohio's RTO mandate and whether RTO mandates render utilities inel…
24-1304 FirstEnergy Service Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-06-24 Denied Amici (2) administrative-law federal-energy-regulatory-commission preemption state-law-mandate transmission-organization utility-regulation Whether a federal agency acts arbitrarily or capriciously in determining a post-settlement change of law, and whether federal law applies to utility t…
24-1242 Jeremiah Hogan, et al. v. Lincoln Medical Partners, et al. Maine 2025-06-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-tort parental-consent preemption public-health-emergency state-law-immunity vaccine-administration Whether 42 U.S.C. § 247d-6d unconstitutionally preempts state-law claims when a vaccine is administered to a minor without parental consent during a f…
24-1238 Shawn Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-06-04 Granted Amici (19)Relisted (2) common-law motor-carrier negligent-selection preemption safety-exception transportation-law Does § 14501(c) preempt a state common-law claim against a broker for negligently selecting a motor carrier or driver?
24-1230 Coinbase, Inc., et al. v. Darren Kramer, et al. California 2025-06-03 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived arbitration-agreement consumer-protection federal-arbitration-act preemption public-injunctive-relief state-law Whether, or to what extent, the FAA preempts a state-law rule allowing a plaintiff to evade arbitration by pleading a request for 'public injunctive r…
24-868 The Art and Antique Dealers League of America, Inc., et al. v. Amanda Lefton, in Her Official Capacity as the Acting Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, et al. Second Circuit 2025-02-13 Denied Amici (1) administrative-exception endangered-species-act federal-regulation ivory-trade preemption state-law Whether the ESA's preemption provision protects all activities enjoying an exception under the ESA, even if self-executing, or only those activities a…
24A720 Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation v. Doris Albrecht, et al. Third Circuit 2025-01-22 Presumed Complete drug-labeling failure-to-warn federal-regulations pharmaceutical-liability preemption product-liability Whether federal preemption principles under the Wyeth v. Levine framework preclude state law failure-to-warn claims against pharmaceutical manufacture…
24-6252 Rebecca Wu v. Gina Carreon, et al. California 2025-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process government-tort-claims preemption section-1983 whistleblower-protection Whether California Code of Civil Procedure 1714.10 preempts or violates federal civil rights statutes and constitutional protections when applied to S…
24-682 Dario Politella, et al. v. Windham Southeast School District, et al. Vermont 2024-12-26 Denied Response Waived covered-countermeasure emergency-use immunity preemption public-health subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Vermont Supreme Court has improperly construed the Public Readiness and Preparedness Act's (PREPA) immunity provisions beyond Congressiona…
24A528 Lexington Insurance Company, et al. v. Suquamish Tribe, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-12-02 Presumed Complete environmental-contamination federal-jurisdiction insurance-coverage maritime-law policy-interpretation preemption Whether federal maritime law preempts state law claims related to insurance coverage for maritime environmental contamination
24-365 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC v. Charles Ramsey California 2024-10-01 Denied Amici (2) arbitration-agreement consumer-legal-remedies-act federal-arbitration-act preemption public-injunctive-relief unfair-competition-law Whether the FAA preempts California's McGill rule that renders standard arbitration agreements unenforceable when a consumer-plaintiff seeks to enjoin…
24-161 New York State Telecommunications Association, Inc., et al. v. Letitia James, Attorney General of New York Second Circuit 2024-08-14 Denied Amici (5)Relisted (5) broadband-service common-carrier communications-act interstate-commerce preemption rate-regulation Whether the Communications Act preempts New York's broadband rate-regulation law
24A144 Frank McKenna v. Dillon Transportation, LLC Sixth Circuit 2024-08-07 Presumed Complete consumer-reports defamation employment-records fair-credit-reporting-act preemption truck-driver Whether the Fair Credit Reporting Act preempts state law defamation claims arising from employment-related consumer reports about truck drivers
24A89 Monsanto Company v. John D. Carson Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-25 Presumed Complete epa-approval failure-to-warn fifra labeling preemption state-law-claims Whether the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) preempts state-law failure-to-warn claims challenging the labeling of EPA-appr…
24A40 New York State Telecommunications Association, Inc., et al. v. Letitia James, Attorney General of New York Second Circuit 2024-07-15 Presumed Complete broadband federal-law internet-access preemption state-regulation telecommunications Whether federal law preempts state regulations governing broadband internet access rates and telecommunications services
24-7 Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. District of Columbia 2024-07-08 Judgment Issued Amici (29)Response WaivedRelisted (8) article-iii-standing california-waiver clean-air-act epa-waiver greenhouse-gas-emissions preemption standing zero-emission-vehicle Whether EPA's preemption waiver for California's greenhouse-gas emission standards and zero-emission vehicle mandate is unlawful
23-1320 GlaxoSmithKline, LLC, et al. v. Superior Court of California, Alameda County California 2024-06-18 Denied Amici (1) can the consumer's home state assert specific per brand-name-manufacturer due-process generic-drug generic-drugs innovator-liability personal-jurisdiction preemption product-liability specific-jurisdiction warning-label-liability When a plaintiff alleges injury from the consumption of a generic drug
23-1271 Vitamin Shoppe Industries LLC v. Wendy Rincon, on Behalf of the State of California and Aggrieved Employees, et al. California 2024-06-05 Denied arbitration arbitration-stay civil-procedure federal-arbitration-act individual-claim paga-claim preemption private-attorneys-general-act standing trial-court-procedure Whether the trial court's failure to stay a representative Private Attorneys General Act claim pending arbitration of the Plaintiffs individual PAGA c…
23-1272 Vitamin Shoppe Industries LLC v. Jessica Reyes Whitt, on Behalf of the State of California and Aggrieved Employees, et al. California 2024-06-05 Denied arbitration civil-procedure federal-arbitration-act individual-claim preemption private-attorneys-general-act representative-claim standing trial-court-procedure Whether the trial court's failure to stay a representative Private Attorneys General Act claim pending arbitration of the Plaintiff's individual PAGA …
23-1213 Glen Mulready, in His Official Capacity as Insurance Commissioner of Oklahoma, et al. v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association Tenth Circuit 2024-05-15 Denied CVSGAmici (6)Relisted (2) civil-rights due-process erisa-preemption medicare-part-d network-participation pharmacy-benefit-managers pharmacy-choice preemption rural-patient-access rutledge-v-pcma state-regulation Whether ERISA preempts state laws regulating PBMs
23-1185 In Re W. A. Griffin 2024-05-02 Denied Response Waived 11th-circuit-interpretation assignment-of-benefits civil-rights erisa erisa-rights georgia-law georgia-state-law medical-benefit-assignment preemption standing statute-of-limitations statutory-penalties Whether the 11th Circuit's case law has improperly voided assignments of benefits and rights permitted under Georgia state law and ERISA
23A977 Uber Technologies, Inc. v. Erik Adolph California 2024-05-02 Presumed Complete arbitration federal-arbitration-act paga preemption private-attorneys-general-act standing Whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts California's interpretation of the Private Attorneys General Act that allows a plaintiff to maintain non-…
23-1130 Uber Technologies, Inc., et al. v. California, et al. California 2024-04-18 Denied Amici (1) arbitration-agreements eeoc-v-waffle-house federal-arbitration-act individual-relief litigation-claims monetary-relief preemption state-law state-officials Does the FAA allow state officials to litigate claims for monetary relief on behalf of people who agreed to arbitrate those claims?
23-1132 Lyft, Inc. v. California California 2024-04-18 Denied arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements civil-procedure federal-arbitration-act individualized-monetary-relief monetary-relief preemption public-officials state-law Whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts state law
23-1076 Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-04-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) emergency-medical-treatment federal-preemption health-care healthcare-law labor-act medical-emergency patient-stabilization preemption reproductive-rights state-law Whether the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act preempts state law in the narrow circumstance where terminating a pregnancy is required to stabi…
23-1066 Continuing Care Risk Retention Group, Inc. v. Jacob Benson, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-01 Denied Amici (1) arbitration arbitration-rights civil-procedure federal-arbitration-act federal-preemption insurance-business insurance-regulation liability-risk-retention-act mccarran-ferguson-act preemption risk-retention-groups statutory-interpretation Can Arizona's anti-arbitration garnishment statute reverse preempt the Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986 as to divest foreign risk retention groups…
23-999 Michael B. Yourko v. Lee Ann B. Yourko Virginia 2024-03-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) collateral-estoppel disability-benefits due-process federal-preemption federal-supremacy judicial-procedure preemption res-judicata statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits May state law doctrines of judicial convenience be raised against a preemptive federal statute?
23-962 Oxnard Manor, LP, dba Oxnard Manor Healthcare Center, et al. v. Anna Sigala, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-03-06 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights complete-preemption covered-countermeasure emergency-preparedness federal-jurisdiction federal-remedies preemption public-health public-health-emergency removal willful-misconduct Does the PREP Act completely preempt state-law claims against a covered person relating to the administration or use of a covered countermeasure, such…
23-6883 Shawn David McMinn v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2024-03-01 Denied IFP certiorari constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction guilty-plea indian-law judicial-review post-conviction preemption supreme-court Whether Oklahoma violated its own law in an effort to deny a Petitioner his right to due process of law pertinent to the post-conviction proceedings
23-952 Shell PLC, fka Royal Dutch Shell PLC, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, et al. Hawaii 2024-03-01 Denied CVSGRelisted (2) clean-air-act climate-change constitutional-law federal-law federal-preemption foreign-emissions interstate-emissions preemption state-law Whether claims seeking damages for the effects of interstate and international emissions on the global climate are beyond the limits of state law and …
23-938 Cynthia Wheeler, et al. v. Orange County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-28 Denied attorney-appearance civil-rights continuing-violation-doctrine emotional-distress intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress negligent-infliction-of-emotional-distress preemption statutory-rights tort tort-claims Whether the 'pure' form of 'Continuing Violation Doctrine' should apply to Civil Rights and Tort Claims of Intentional and Negligent Infliction of Emo…
23-785 PHH Mortgage Corporation v. Mark Anthony Guthrie Fourth Circuit 2024-01-22 Denied Amici (4) bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-court civil-contempt debt-collection discharge-injunction federal-preemption preemption state-law-claims uniform-federal-law Whether the Bankruptcy Code preempts state-law claims premised on alleged efforts to collect a debt in violation of the bankruptcy court's discharge i…
23-788 Hope Medical Enterprises, Inc., dba Hope Pharmaceuticals v. Fagron Compounding Services, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split drug-regulation federal-law federal-preemption food-and-drug-administration preemption state-law state-rights statutory-interpretation Whether the FDCA preempts state laws prohibiting the in-state sale of unapproved drugs whose sale is also prohibited as a matter of federal law by the…
23-645 Uber Technologies, Inc., et al. v. Johnathon Gregg California 2023-12-14 Denied Amici (4)Relisted (2) arbitration california-supreme-court civil-procedure federal-arbitration-act individual-claims non-individual-claims paga paga-claims preemption severance standing Does the Federal Arbitration Act require the complete severance of arbitrable individual PAGA claims from non-individual PAGA claims, with the individ…
23A530 Hope Medical Enterprises, Inc. v. Fagron Compounding Services, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-12-12 Presumed Complete drug-approval enforcement fdca preemption private-litigation state-law Whether the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act's enforcement provision preempts state-law claims that mirror federal drug approval requirements
23A518 PHH Mortgage Corporation v. Mark Anthony Guthrie Fourth Circuit 2023-12-07 Presumed Complete bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-discharge debt-collection discharge-injunction preemption state-law-claims Whether the Bankruptcy Code preempts state-law causes of action based on a creditor's efforts to collect debt that has been discharged in bankruptcy
23-605 Erich M. Martin v. Raina L. Martin Nevada 2023-12-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) collateral-estoppel due-process federal-preemption federal-supremacy judicial-convenience preemption res-judicata statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits May state law doctrines of judicial convenience be raised against a preemptive federal statute?
23-6152 In Re Michael Alonza Rufus 2023-12-01 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP arbitration civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review preemption statutory-interpretation takings Whether the federal courts have jurisdiction to review the constitutionality of the Federal Arbitration Act's application to state-law claims in state…
23-580 Lisa O'Brien, et al. v. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Second Circuit 2023-11-30 Denied anti-terrorism-act damages federal-courts federal-statute preemption state-law statute-of-limitations wrongful-death Whether Congress intended to preempt state wrongful death distribution laws in enacting the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA)
23A451 Lyft, Inc. v. Million Seifu California 2023-11-20 Presumed Complete arbitration-agreement federal-arbitration-act paga-claims preemption state-law-claims viking-river-cruises Whether state courts can circumvent the Supreme Court's Viking River Cruises decision by refusing to dismiss non-individual Private Attorneys General …
23A416 Robinhood Financial LLC v. William F. Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al. Massachusetts 2023-11-08 Presumed Complete broker-dealer fiduciary-duty investor-protection preemption regulatory-conflict sec-regulation Whether federal Regulation Best Interest preempts a state law imposing a fiduciary duty standard on broker-dealers that directly conflicts with the SE…
23-482 Catherine Craig-Myers, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert Meyers, Deceased v. Otis Elevator Company, et al. Florida 2023-11-07 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process elevator-safety jury-trial osha osha-safety-laws preemption wrongful-death Do Florida courts violate constitutional rights to jury trial and due process by refusing to admit evidence of culpable negligence violating preemptiv…
23-475 Ying Ye, as Representative of the Estate of Shawn Lin, Deceased v. GlobalTranz Enterprises, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2023-11-06 Denied Amici (1) federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act freight-broker motor-carrier motor-vehicle negligent-hiring personal-injury preemption safety-exception Whether a personal injury claim against a freight broker based on the broker's negligent hiring of an unsafe motor carrier to transport property by mo…
23-368 Huntington Ingalls Incorporated v. Lynn Barrosse, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-10-05 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) exclusive-remedy federal-preemption longshore-and-harbor-workers-compensation-act maritime-employee navigable-waters preemption state-law-tort state-law-tort-claim workers-compensation Whether the Fifth Circuit correctly held that an injured maritime employee who has a workers' compensation remedy under the Longshore and Harbor Worke…
23-318 Nicolas A. Salomon v. Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, LLC, et al. California 2023-09-27 Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-proceedings california-law due-process federal-arbitration-act fourteenth-amendment preemption right-to-counsel Does the Federal Arbitration Act preempt California law on the right to counsel in an arbitration proceeding?
23-289 Marshall B. Lloyd, et al. v. Ford Motor Company Sixth Circuit 2023-09-22 Denied Response Waived consumer-protection deceptive-advertising energy-policy-and-conservation-act epa-regulations epca-regulations fuel-economy implied-preemption preemption state-enforcement Are state deceptive advertising statutes impliedly preempted when the EPCA expressly permits state laws with requirements identical to those under the…
23-294 San Pablo Healthcare & Wellness Center, LLC v. Lynetta Westbrook Ninth Circuit 2023-09-22 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights covered-countermeasure emergency-preparedness federal-jurisdiction federal-removal preemption public-health public-health-emergency removal willful-misconduct Does the PREP Act completely preempt state-law claims against a covered person relating to the administration or use of a covered countermeasure, such…
23-275 Nancy Avina v. Union Pacific Railroad Eighth Circuit 2023-09-21 Denied 42-usc-1981 age-discrimination age-discrimination-in-employment-act civil-rights employment-discrimination employment-law federal-preemption preemption railway-labor-act statutory-interpretation Does the Railway Labor Act preempt, preclude or otherwise limit claims under anti-discrimination statutes?
23-258 Delaware Department of Insurance v. United States Third Circuit 2023-09-18 Denied Amici (1) business-of-insurance civil-rights federal-law federal-preemption insurance-regulation mccarran-ferguson-act preemption state-authority statutory-interpretation summons-power Whether the three statutory factors set forth in the first clause of § 1012(b) are the only proper factors to consider when determining whether a stat…
23-249 Dawn C. Polk v. Amtrak National Railroad Passenger Corporation, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-09-15 Denied anti-discrimination circuit-conflict civil-rights preemption railway-labor-act statutory-interpretation title-vii Does the Railway Labor Act preempt, preclude or otherwise limit claims under anti-discrimination statutes?
23-207 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-09-06 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) engine-manufacturers federal-law federal-preemption national-meat ninth-circuit preemption product-standards sales-ban sales-bans state-standards tobacco-control-act Whether the Tobacco Control Act expressly preempts state and local laws that prohibit the sale of flavored tobacco products
23-152 Alicia Lowe, et al. v. Janet T. Mills, Governor of Maine, et al. First Circuit 2023-08-16 Denied Can a court judgment be entirely untrue and violat child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ex-parte legal-standing parental-rights preemption religious-accommodation supremacy-clause title-vii undue-hardship Whether compliance with state laws directly contrary to Title VII's requirement to provide a reasonable accommodation may serve as an undue hardship j…
23A58 Dawn Polk v. Amtrak National Railroad Passenger Corporation, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-07-21 Presumed Complete arbitration collective-bargaining-agreement preemption race-discrimination railway-labor-act title-vii Whether the Railway Labor Act's mandatory arbitration requirements preempt federal statutory claims, including Title VII discrimination claims, or whe…
23-43 Christopher M. Hunt, Sr. v. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Georgia 2023-07-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights conflict-of-laws court-preemption due-process federal-jurisdiction foreclosure-dispute judicial-review jurisdiction-conflict preemption state-jurisdiction supersedeas-bond whistleblower-protection When there is admitted by courts conflict between the federal courts and state courts on such all-important matters such as jurisdiction, which court …
22-1237 Ryan Daly, et al. v. Alexis Chechowitz, et al. Massachusetts 2023-06-23 Denied arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements civil-procedure class-action class-action-settlement due-process federal-arbitration-act preemption supremacy-clause Whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts Mass. R. Civ. P. 23
22-1192 Headstream Technologies, LLC v. FedEx Express Sixth Circuit 2023-06-12 Denied Response Waived airline-deregulation-act circuit-split contract-formation intentional-fraud package-delivery preemption service-preemption state-law-tort state-law-tort-claims summary-judgment Whether the Airline Deregulation Act preempts state-law tort claims alleging intentional fraud by an air carrier
22-1180 Shire U.S., Inc., et al. v. Mark Blackburn Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-07 Denied Amici (1) drug-labeling fda-preapproval FDA-regulations federal-preemption pliva-v-mensing preemption prescription-drugs state-law-claim state-law-claims unilateral-change unilateral-label-changes Whether a state-law claim is preempted if it places a duty on a drug manufacturer to unilaterally change FDA-approved language that appears in the Hig…
22-7572 Tyrone Doutherd v. United Parcel Service, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP anti-discrimination civil-rights due-process preemption supremacy-clause workers-compensation Do the federal civil rights and anti-discrimination statutes expressly or impliedly pre-empt state workers' compensation laws?
22-1094 Mandy Mobley Li v. Chao Li Georgia 2023-05-10 Denied Response Waived child-support child-support-modification due-process equal-protection exclusive-jurisdiction federal-preemption fourteenth-amendment full-faith-and-credit jurisdiction preemption Whether Georgia law has been pre-empted by the FFCCSOA
22-968 Ginger Atherton v. Key Bank, N.A. Washington 2023-04-06 Denied arbitrability arbitration-agreement conditions-precedent contract-interpretation federal-arbitration-act jurisdiction preemption state-court-jurisdiction state-courts When there is a valid and enforceable agreement to arbitrate, and the dispute is within the scope of the arbitration agreement, does the FAA preempt s…
22-821 Chevron Corporation, et al. v. City of Hoboken, New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2023-03-01 Denied civil-rights climate-change federal-jurisdiction greenhouse-gas-emissions preemption standing state-law-claims statutory-interpretation transboundary-injury Whether a federal district court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 over nominally state-law claims seeking redress for injuries allegedly caused…
22-761 Todd Bowers v. International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, AFL-CIO Fourth Circuit 2023-02-13 Denied due-process federal-question-jurisdiction labor-management-relations-act motion-to-remand notice-of-removal preemption removal state-law-claims Whether district court properly maintained federal question jurisdiction
22-698 Andrew Cohen, et al. v. Apple Inc. Ninth Circuit 2023-01-26 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law cellphone-radiation civil-procedure fcc-regulations federal-preemption federal-regulations health-and-safety preemption radiation-safety state-health-law telecommunications-law Are state health and safety laws impliedly preempted, under a theory, by the FCC's procedural guidelines for reporting how much radiation a cellphone …
22-529 Alex Cantero, et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Bank of America, N.A. Second Circuit 2022-12-08 Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (13)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) banking-regulation consumer-protection escrow-accounts interest-rates mortgage-lending national-bank-act preemption state-law state-law-preemption Does the National Bank Act preempt the application of state escrow-interest laws to national banks?
22-523 Sunoco LP, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-12-06 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) circuit-conflict climate-change climate-change-litigation federal-jurisdiction federal-officer-removal federal-preemption greenhouse-gas-emissions jurisdictional-challenge preemption statutory-interpretation transboundary-pollution Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that 28 U.S.C. § 1442 precludes removal by federal officers and persons acting under them unless the rem…
22-524 Shell Oil Products Co., L.L.C., et al. v. Rhode Island First Circuit 2022-12-06 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) climate-change federal-common-law federal-jurisdiction greenhouse-gas-emissions preemption public-nuisance removal state-law-claims subject-matter-jurisdiction transboundary-harm Whether federal district court has jurisdiction over state-law claims for injuries caused by transboundary greenhouse gas emissions
22-495 Chevron Corporation, et al. v. San Mateo County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-11-28 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) civil-procedure climate-change climate-injury federal-jurisdiction greenhouse-gas-emissions preemption standing state-law-claims statutory-interpretation transboundary-impact Whether a federal district court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 over nominally state-law claims
22-480 City of Palestine, Texas, et al. v. Union Pacific Railroad Company Fifth Circuit 2022-11-21 Denied Response Waived circuit-conflict circuit-split contractual-obligations iccta-preemption interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-commission-termination-act judicial-review preemption retroactive-application summary-judgment Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in retroactively applying the preemption provisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act (ICCTA) to a…
22-471 Consumer Data Industry Association v. Aaron M. Frey, Attorney General of Maine, et al. First Circuit 2022-11-18 Denied Amici (2) circuit-split consumer-reports fair-credit-reporting-act federal-preemption federal-regulation preemption state-law statutory-interpretation uniform-standards Whether FCRA broadly preempts state laws relating to the subject matters expressly described in 15 U.S.C. §1681t(b)(1), or narrowly preempts state law…
22-6064 Laura Fettig v. Hilton Garden Inns Management, LLC, et al. California 2022-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights commercial-vehicle contract-preemption due-process federal-motor-carrier-safety-act legal-error preemption rule-60b1 tort-liability tort-negligence Whether the court of appeals correctly held that a contract claim preempts a tort cause of action for recovery from the negligence of a federally regi…
22-459 Ohio v. CSX Transportation, Inc. Ohio 2022-11-15 Denied CVSGAmici (4)Relisted (2) federal-railroad-safety-act grade-crossing grade-crossing-statute interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-commission-termination-act preemption railroad-preemption railroad-safety state-regulation transportation transportation-law Does 49 U.S.C. §101501(b) preempt state laws that regulate the amount of time a stopped train may block a grade crossing?
22-6020 John M. Esposito v. Florida Florida 2022-11-08 Denied IFP citizens-rights civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process federalism legal-challenge preemption statutory-interpretation void-ab-initio void-statute Whether the State of Florida is violating the United States Constitution by prosecuting and convicting U.S. citizens under § 794.011, Florida Statutes…
22-5965 Michael C. Smart v. Prime Mortgage & Escrow, LLC, et al. Texas 2022-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1981 civil-rights civil-rights-statute due-process federal-pleading-standard federal-procedure motion-to-dismiss pleading-standards preemption prima-facie-case supremacy-clause Was the petitioner's federal rights violated when Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N.A. 534 U.S. 506, 122 S. Ct. 992 (2002) held that a plaintiff does not need …
22-349 Flagstar Bank, N.A. v. William Kivett, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-10-13 GVR CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) banking-powers federal-banking-law federal-powers federally-chartered-banks mortgage-escrow mortgage-escrow-accounts national-bank-act preemption state-laws state-regulation Whether the National Bank Act preempts state laws that, like California Civil Code § 2954.8(a), attempt to set the terms on which federally chartered …
22-338 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-10-12 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights express-preemption federal-regulation flavored-tobacco ninth-circuit preemption sales-ban state-and-local-laws tobacco-control-act Whether the Tobacco Control Act expressly preempts state and local laws that prohibit the sale of flavored tobacco products
22-5820 S. Patrick Mendel v. Liane Randolph, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-10-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights congressional-preemption criminal-conduct due-process federal-courts federal-enforcement preemption pro-se-petition public-safety transportation transportation-law Does this pro se case, alleging fatal systemic failures resulting in the continuing preventable murder of innocent citizens, where literally the lives…
22-221 Jose Mendoza, Jr. v. Amalgamated Transit Union International, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-09-09 Denied Response Waived collective-bargaining collective-bargaining-agreements federal-forum labor-management-relations-act labor-management-reporting-and-disclosure-act preemption state-law-claims state-law-preemption union-constitution union-constitutions union-governance Does § 301 of the LMRA completely preempt state law claims and remedies by union members against their unions to enforce union constitutions despite t…
22-5427 Jade Christian Nichols v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance criminal-procedure federal-law federal-sentencing preemption sentencing-guidelines state-law statutory-interpretation Does a state definition of 'controlled substance' control a federal sentencing enhancement under the Sentencing Guidelines, when the state lists subst…
22-142 Federacion de Maestros de Puerto Rico, Inc. v. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, et al. First Circuit 2022-08-15 Denied constitutional-analysis constitutional-preemption insular-cases oversight-board plan-of-adjustment preemption preemption-doctrine promesa puerto-rico puerto-rico-law statutory-preemption Whether the preemption doctrine allows for the displacement and amendment of Puerto Rico laws by the Oversight Board through a Plan of Adjustment conf…
22-5342 Patrick LaJuan Jones, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance criminal-procedure federal-law federal-sentencing preemption sentencing-guidelines state-law statutory-interpretation Does a state definition of 'controlled substance' control a federal sentencing enhancement under the Sentencing Guidelines, when the state lists subst…
22-121 ML Genius Holdings LLC v. Google LLC, et al. Second Circuit 2022-08-09 Denied CVSGAmici (3)Relisted (2) breach-of-contract business circuit-split content-protection contract contract-remedies copyright copyright-preemption preemption service-terms state-law Does the Copyright Act's preemption clause allow a business to invoke traditional state-law contract remedies to enforce a promise not to copy and use…
22-78 Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. v. Curtis Ulleseit, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-07-27 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction federal-courts federal-preemption fraudulent-joinder jurisdictional-review preemption summary-inquiry Whether courts may refuse to perform more than a summary inquiry to determine if defendants are fraudulently joined due to a pure issue of federal law
21-1604 Robin G. Thornton, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc., et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response Waived agency-guidance consumer-protection federal-meat-inspection-act federalism food-labeling labeling-regulations meat-inspection-act preemption Can the beef packing industry and United States of Agriculture override the clearly stated Congressional purpose of enacting the Federal Meat Inspecti…
21-1571 Rozalyn Ragan, Personal Representative of the Estate of Charles Phillip Ragan, Deceased v. Melissa Ragan, aka Melissa Hudson Colorado 2022-06-17 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) after an ERISA plan administrator has fully distr ERISA preempts a claimant's state-law right to th beneficiary-rights benefit-distribution distribution distribution-dispute erisa ERISA-preemption federal-court-jurisdiction life-insurance life-insurance-proceeds plan-administrator preemption state-law state-law-claim Whether ERISA preempts a state-law claim to recover life insurance plan proceeds after distribution
21-1572 Domino's Pizza, LLC v. Edmond Carmona Ninth Circuit 2022-06-17 GVR Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) class-of-workers commerce-clause federal-arbitration-act goods-transportation in-state-delivery interstate-commerce intrastate-deliveries preemption statutory-interpretation workers-classification Whether drivers making solely in-state deliveries of goods ordered by in-state customers from an in-state warehouse are nevertheless a 'class of worke…
21-1539 Spectrum Northeast, LLC, et al. v. Aaron M. Frey, Attorney General of Maine First Circuit 2022-06-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) cable-communications-policy-act express-preemption preemption presumption-against-preemption rate-regulation state-and-local-laws state-law statutory-interpretation Whether the Cable Act preempts state and local laws that prevent cable companies from selling their services at their chosen rate for the final month …
21-8095 Dennis Ray Davis, Jr. v. Commissioner, Caddo Parish, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-06-08 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process federalism preemption sovereign-immunity standing Whether the Eleventh Amendment bars a federal court from enjoining state officials from enforcing an unconstitutional state law
21-1444 Dolgen California, LLC v. Tricia Galarsa California 2022-05-16 GVR bilateral-arbitration employment-law federal-arbitration-act individual-arbitration iskanian-rule preemption private-attorneys-general-act representative-claims Does the FAA require enforcement of a bilateral arbitration agreement providing that an employee cannot assert representative claims, including under …
21-1449 Glacier Northwest, Inc., dba CalPortland v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union No. 174 Washington 2022-05-16 Judgment Issued Amici (17) labor-dispute labor-disputes labor-relations national-labor-relations-act preemption property-destruction property-rights state-tort-claim tort-law union-activity Does the National Labor Relations Act impliedly preempt a state tort claim against a union for intentionally destroying an employer's property in the …
21-1400 Estate of Anthony J. Zdroik, Deceased, by Trishann W. Zdroik, Personal Respresentative v. Iowa Southern Railway Company, et al. Iowa 2022-05-02 Denied Response Waived 49-usc-20106 administrative-interpretation contractor-employees federal-railroad-administration federal-regulations on-track-safety preemption railroad-safety roadway-workers state-law-action Whether the FRA's Federal Register preamble can eviscerate the plain language of regulations requiring railroads to provide on-track safety to all roa…
21-1388 Best Payphones, Inc. v. Public Service Commission of New York, et al. New York 2022-04-27 Denied Response Waived federal-communications-commission federal-preemption payphone-service payphone-services preemption public-service-commission state-regulation state-requirements tariff-compliance telecommunications-act telecommunications-act-1996 Is the finding of the Public Service Commission of the State of New York, which was affirmed by the Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, Thi…
21-7678 Robert Elton v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-04-21 Denied IFP arizona-v-united-states constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure edwards-v-vannoy federal-preemption indian-country judicial-jurisdiction mcculloch-v-maryland preemption state-court-powers tribal-sovereignty Whether a State's contortion of Edwards v. Vannoy (2021) to delimit Indian Country powers into new rules of criminal procedure can be permitted to inv…
21-1334 Columbia Export Terminal, LLC v. International Longshore and Warehouse Union, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-04-07 Dismissed Response Waived arbitration arbitration-provisions collective-bargaining collective-bargaining-agreement federal-court-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction labor-management-relations-act labor-union lmra-preemption preemption rico rico-claims Does-section-301-of-the-LMRA-preempt-RICO-claims
21-1296 City of Edmond, Oklahoma, et al. v. BNSF Railway Company Tenth Circuit 2022-03-25 Denied federal-railroad-safety-act interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-commission-termination-act preemption public-safety rail-crossing-safety rail-safety railroad-preemption state-authority state-law statutory-interpretation Whether state laws affecting railroads are preempted under the ICCTA must consider all relevant federal railroad statutes, not just the ICCTA
21-1286 In Re W. A. Griffin 2022-03-23 Denied Response Waived anti-alienation anti-assignment assignment-of-benefits erisa fiduciary-duty health-plan mandamus pre-emption preemption Whether the anti-assignment provision in the health benefit plan apply to W. A. Griffin, MD
21-1272 Monsanto Company v. Alberta Pilliod, et al. California 2022-03-21 Denied Amici (1) compensatory-damages due-process epa-regulation failure-to-warn federal-insecticide-fungicide-and-rodenticide-act fifra-preemption preemption product-labeling punitive-damages Whether FIFRA preempts a state-law failure-to-warn claim
21-1245 O'Donnell & Sons, Inc. v. New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, et al. New York 2022-03-15 Denied exemption federal-credit-union federal-credit-union-act federal-preemption mortgage-recording mortgage-recording-tax preemption state-tax statutory-interpretation taxation Whether the Federal Credit Union Act prohibits the imposition of a state tax on the recording of federal credit union mortgages
21-1246 Postmates, LLC, fka Postmates, Inc. v. Melanie Winns, et al. California 2022-03-15 Dismissed Response Requested california-labor-code federal-arbitration-act individual-arbitration iskanian-rule preemption private-attorneys-general-act representative-action-waiver viking-river-cruises Whether agreements calling for individual arbitration are enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act with respect to claims asserted under the Cali…
21-1188 Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC v. Iris Pounds, et al. North Carolina 2022-02-28 Denied arbitration-rights assignee-rights assignees contract-law discrimination-against-arbitration evidentiary-burden federal-arbitration-act preemption third-party-beneficiary Whether the FAA preempts a state rule of contract law that requires assignees seeking to enforce arbitration rights to meet a higher evidentiary burde…
21-1144 Tracie Leach, et al. v. Mentor Worldwide, LLC Ninth Circuit 2022-02-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) adverse-events defective-manufacture failure-to-warn food-drug-cosmetic-act medical-device-amendments preemption rule-12(b)(6) state-common-law Whether preemption under the Medical Device Amendments supports dismissal of state common law claims alleging failure to warn and defective manufactur…
21-1142 James Domen, et al. v. Vimeo, Inc. Second Circuit 2022-02-16 Denied Response Waived amendment-opportunity bad-faith civil-rights communications-decency-act discrimination discrimination-claims interactive-computer-service preemption section-230 Does Section 230(c)(1) preempt discrimination claims against an interactive computer service?
21-1121 Handy Technologies, Inc. v. Patrick Pote California 2022-02-14 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) arbitration-agreement california-private-attorneys-general-act class-action employee-rights federal-arbitration-act preemption representative-claims supreme-court-precedent Does the Federal Arbitration Act require enforcement of a bilateral arbitration agreement providing that an employee cannot raise representative claim…
21-1106 Thaddeus Gabara v. Facebook, Inc. Federal Circuit 2022-02-10 Denied Response Waived 35-usc-101 abstract-idea data-structure patent-claims patent-eligibility preemption prior-art section-101 two-step-framework What is the appropriate standard for determining whether a patent claim is 'directed to' a patent-ineligible concept under step 1 of the Court's two-s…
21-1079 Shipt, Inc. v. Jade Green California 2022-02-04 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (3) california-labor-code epic-systems federal-arbitration-act individual-arbitration iskanian-rule preemption private-attorneys-general-act representative-action-waiver viking-river-cruises Whether agreements calling for individual arbitration are enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act with respect to claims asserted under the Cali…
21-6893 Jabari J. Johnson v. Harold Clayhurst, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-01-18 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process federalism preemption standing state-law Whether the Supreme Court erred in holding that the Controlled Substances Act does not preempt state medical marijuana laws
21-998 Daniel Bierbach v. Digger's Polaris, et al. Minnesota 2022-01-13 Denied CVSGRelisted (2) civil-rights controlled-substances-act employer-reimbursement medical-marijuana preemption state-law statutory-interpretation workers-compensation Whether the Controlled Substances Act preempts an order under a state workers' compensation law requiring an employer to reimburse an injured employee…
21-895 John Rodrigues, Jr. v. County of Hawaii, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-12-16 Denied civil-rights due-process federal-preemption firearms firearms-law law-enforcement leosa preemption qualified-retired-officer statutory-interpretation Does LEOSA (18 U.S.C. Sec. 966C) preempt State firearms laws that prohibit the transport, carrying and possession of firearms by a Qualified Retired L…
21-879 Gregory Mayer v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company Second Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied Response Waived benefit-determination benefit-determinations choice-of-law commerce-clause de-novo-review erisa erisa-preemption judicial-review preemption Whether state law prescribing de novo judicial review for challenged benefit determinations is preempted by ERISA, and whether enforcing such a state …
21-867 Midwest Air Traffic Control Service, Inc. v. Jessica T. Badilla, et al. Second Circuit 2021-12-10 Denied CVSGAmici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-rights combatant-activities due-process federal-preemption federal-tort-claims-act military military-operations preemption statutory-interpretation tort-claims Whether state-law tort claims that arise out of the uniquely federal sphere of the military's combat operations are preempted by the interests embodie…
21-737 David Saxon Bagley, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Jeremiah Ray Bagley v. Ramona Rogers, M.D., et al. Texas 2021-11-18 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights dismissal-with-prejudice excessive-force expert-report mandatory-dismissal medical-liability preemption section-1983 state-healthcare state-healthcare-institutions Whether the Texas Medical Liability Act's expert report and mandatory sanction of dismissal with prejudice for failure to serve an expert report provi…
21-742 Lyft, Inc. v. Million Seifu California 2021-11-18 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (3) bilateral-arbitration federal-arbitration-act iskanian-precedent iskanian-v-cls-transportation preemption private-attorneys-general-act recurring-issue representative-claims Does the Federal Arbitration Act require the enforcement of a bilateral arbitration agreement providing that a worker cannot raise representative clai…
21-708 CLMS Management Services Limited Partnership, et al. v. Amwins Brokerage of Georgia, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-11-15 Denied Response Waived arbitration-provision federal-arbitration-act foreign-insurer insurance-regulation mandatory-arbitration mccarran-ferguson-act preemption reverse-preemption state-insurance-regulation state-law Whether a provision of state law prohibiting mandatory arbitration in a policy of insurance issued by a foreign insurer is preempted by the Federal Ar…
21-717 John Does 1–3, et al. v. Janet T. Mills, Governor of Maine, et al. First Circuit 2021-11-15 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (3) covid-19 covid-19-mandate free-exercise free-exercise-clause healthcare-workers preemption preliminary-injunction religious-accommodation supremacy-clause title-vii Whether a state governor's order mandating that private healthcare employers, on penalty of revocation of their business licenses, terminate their hea…
21-678 Big Sandy Rancheria Enterprises v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-11-08 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 28-usc-1362 cigarette-sales federal-charter federal-indian-law indian-reorganization-act indian-tribe preemption tribal-sovereignty Whether an Indian tribe incorporated by federal charter under section 17 of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 is authorized to bring suit under 28…
21-676 Susan K. Musta v. Mendota Heights Dental Center, et al. Minnesota 2021-11-05 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) controlled-substances-act due-process federal-law medical-marijuana preemption standing state-law workers-compensation Does the Controlled Substances Act preempt an order under a state workers' compensation law requiring an employer to reimburse an injured employee for…
21-661 City of Eugene, Oregon, et al. v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-11-04 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived cable-act cable-franchising federal-right local-fees non-cable-services preemption revenue-based-fee rights-of-way Whether the Sixth Circuit properly held, in conflict with the Oregon Supreme Court, that a fee which is consistent with the Cable Act's only express p…
21-627 Air Transport Association of America, Inc., dba Airlines for America v. The Washington Department of Labor & Industries, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-10-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) airline-deregulation-act carrier-prices-routes-services circuit-split federal-law morales-v-trans-world-airlines preemption state-law statutory-interpretation transportation-regulation Whether the Airline Deregulation Act preempts neutral state laws that have a significant impact on carrier prices, routes, or services, even if that i…
21-629 Santa Fe Alliance for Public Health and Safety, et al. v. City of Santa Fe, New Mexico, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-10-29 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived access-to-courts constitutional-rights due-process free-speech preemption radio-frequency-radiation right-of-access-to-courts right-to-petition takings telecommunications telecommunications-act Whether the preemption by 47 U.S.C. § 332(c)(7)(B)(iv) of any State remedy for injury by telecommunications facilities without providing a substitute …
21-588 United States v. Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-10-22 Dismissed Amici (20) abortion-rights civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process judicial-review preemption preliminary-injunction sovereign-immunity standing state-law supreme-court-precedent Whether Texas's S.B. 8 violates the Supreme Court's precedents on abortion rights
21-526 Uber Technologies, Inc. v. Damaris Rosales California 2021-10-08 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) california-labor-code contract-law epic-systems federal-arbitration-act individual-arbitration ninth-circuit paga-claims preemption Whether agreements calling for individual arbitration are enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act with respect to claims asserted under the Cali…
21-453 Uber Technologies, Inc., et al. v. Johnathon Gregg California 2021-09-23 GVR Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (3) california-labor-code contract-law federal-arbitration-act individual-arbitration ninth-circuit paga-claims preemption supreme-court-precedent Whether agreements calling for individual arbitration are enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act with respect to claims asserted under the Cali…
21-405 Emerald Home Care, Inc. v. Department of Unemployment Assistance Massachusetts 2021-09-15 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech preemption speech-restriction supremacy-clause tax tax-law Whether assessing a tax but withholding notice of information fundamental and necessary for understanding the tax unless the taxpayer first executes a…
21-364 Sarada Mohapatra v. Drew Hirshfeld, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied Response Waived 35-usc-101 alice-doctrine alice-mayo citizen-inventors computer-implemented-invention mayo-framework non-preemptive-solution patent patent-eligibility practical-solutions preemption process-improvement Whether computer-based process improvement patent applications for inventions by Citizen Inventors — characterized by narrow and well-defined practica…
21-348 Johnson & Johnson, et al. v. Lynn Fitch, Attorney General of Mississippi, ex rel. Mississippi Mississippi 2021-09-03 Denied Amici (7) administrative-law agency-action chevron-deference civil-rights due-process notice-and-comment-rulemaking police-powers preemption preemption-clause state-police-powers statutory-interpretation Whether the Mississippi Supreme Court erred in narrowly construing an express preemption clause by applying a presumption against preemption
21-343 Michelle J. Smith v. Nicholas French, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Martin D. French, Deceased Massachusetts 2021-09-02 Denied Response Waived actual-malice child-athletes defamation first-amendment fourteenth-amendment libel preemption public-figure sports-governance Whether the standard of proof in a State Defamation/Libel case arising from a parental complaint to a National Governing Body of Sport, should automat…
21-312 Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, et al. v. Ohio, ex rel. Dave Yost, Attorney General Ohio 2021-08-31 Denied Amici (4) clean-air-act emission-standards epa-authority federal-regulation nationwide-updates preemption state-regulation vehicle-emissions vehicle-regulation Whether the Clean Air Act preempts state and local governments from regulating manufacturers' post-sale, nationwide updates to vehicle emission system…
21-270 BNSF Railway Company v. Robert Dannels Montana 2021-08-25 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) federal-employers-liability-act non-frivolous-defenses preemption railroad-liability settlement settlement-obligations state-law-claims state-law-duties unfair-settlement-practices uniform-federal-framework Whether FELA preempts state-law duties that require a defendant to settle and pay FELA claims even when the defendant has non-frivolous defenses to li…
21-268 Coverall North America, Inc. v. Carlos Rivas Ninth Circuit 2021-08-24 GVR Amici (2)Response RequestedRelisted (3) epic-systems federal-arbitration-act individual-arbitration iskanian ninth-circuit preemption private-attorneys-general-act representative-claims sakkab state-law Whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts a state-law rule which precludes the enforcement of an agreement to arbitrate claims on an individual bas…
21-260 Virgin America, Inc., et al. v. Julia Bernstein, et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated Ninth Circuit 2021-08-23 Denied CVSGAmici (5)Relisted (4) airline-deregulation-act carrier-regulations federal-aviation-administration flight-attendants ninth-circuit preemption significant-impact state-law state-laws Does the ADA preempt generally applicable state laws that have a significant impact on airline prices, routes, and services, or does it preempt such l…
21-241 Monsanto Company v. Edwin Hardeman Ninth Circuit 2021-08-18 Denied CVSGAmici (8)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) daubert-standard epa-approval expert-testimony failure-to-warn federal-insecticide-fungicide-and-rodenticide-act fifra-preemption herbicide-regulation preemption state-law-claims Whether FIFRA preempts a state-law failure-to-warn claim
21-194 California Trucking Association, Inc., et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-11 Denied CVSGAmici (12)Relisted (3) federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act federal-preemption independent-owner-operator independent-owner-operators motor-carrier motor-carriers preemption state-law statutory-interpretation trucking-services workforce-law Whether the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act preempts a state law that effectively precludes motor carriers from using independent ow…
21-196 SNH SE Ashley River Tenant, LLC, et al. v. Thayer W. Arredondo, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Hubert Whaley, Deceased South Carolina 2021-08-11 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) agency agency-law arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements contract-interpretation equal-treatment federal-arbitration-act powers-of-attorney preemption Whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts the South Carolina Supreme Court's approach to construing comprehensive powers of attorney to preclude an…
21-5322 André J. Twitty v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-08-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-law federalism first-amendment preemption state-statute statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause void-for-vagueness Does the Assimilative Crimes Act confer jurisdiction upon a federal court to assimilate and alter the elements of an unconstitutional state statute to…
21-119 Postmates, LLC, fka Postmates, Inc. v. Jacob Rimler, et al. California 2021-07-28 Dismissed Amici (1)Response Requested california-labor-code contract-law epic-systems federal-arbitration-act individual-arbitration iskanian-rule paga-claims preemption private-attorneys-general-act Whether agreements calling for individual arbitration are enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act with respect to claims asserted under the Cali…
21-59 Carl Gordon v. Regents of the University of California, et al. California 2021-07-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure-act administrative-record california-public-records-act california-state-law daca due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fraud-upon-the-court preemption Does the de facto nullification of California state law [Cal. Gov. Code §§ 6258 and 6259] (resulting in fraud upon the court) by the Regents of the Un…
21-26 Brittany Billetts, et al. v. Mentor Worldwide LLC Ninth Circuit 2021-07-09 Denied adverse-events common-law-claims defective-manufacture failure-to-warn food-and-drug-administration medical-device-amendments medical-device-manufacturing preemption rule-12(b)(6) Whether preemption under the Medical Device Amendments supports dismissal of state common law claims alleging failure to warn and defective manufactur…
21-31 Fast Auto Loans, Inc. v. Joe Maldonado, et al. California 2021-07-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) arbitration-agreement civil-procedure federal-arbitration-act individualized-arbitration preemption public-injunctive-relief state-law state-law-preemption supreme-court-precedent Is California's McGill rule preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act?
21-13 KinderCare Education, LLC v. Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, et al. California 2021-07-07 Denied arbitration-agreement contra-proferentem federal-arbitration-act lamps-plus-v-varela preemption state-common-law state-law supreme-court-precedent Whether California courts can avoid consideration of Lamps Plus v. Varela and instead adhere to a contrary state appellate precedent
20-1822 Amber Brooks, et al. v. Mentor Worldwide LLC Tenth Circuit 2021-07-01 Denied adverse-events defective-manufacture failure-to-warn food-drug-cosmetic-act medical-device-amendments medical-device-manufacturing preemption rule-12(b)(6) state-common-law Whether preemption under the Medical Device Amendments supports dismissal of state common law claims alleging failure to warn and defective manufactur…
20-1804 In Re Peter R. Culpepper 2021-06-25 Denied arbitration-act arbitration-award contract-interpretation employment-agreement federal-arbitration-act federal-law judicial-discretion preemption state-law tennessee-uniform-arbitration-act vacatur Whether the FAA preempts the Tennessee Uniform Arbitration Act
20-1744 Google, Inc., et al. v. John Doe, et al. California 2021-06-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure federal-preemption labor-relations national-labor-relations-act nlra-jurisdiction penalties preemption state-law-claims statutory-preemption Whether the National Labor Relations Act preempts a state-law claim for penalties based on the same conduct that formed the basis of relief under the …
20-1572 Ramon D. Johnson, II v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-05-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) brand-name-liability brand-name-manufacturer FDA-approval generic-drug generic-drug-liability label-defect leave-to-amend preemption product-liability state-law-claims texas-presumption-of-no-liability unapproved-indication Whether a brand name drug manufacturer can be held liable for the defective label of a generic drug product
20-1570 HRB Tax Group, Inc., et al. v. Derek Snarr Ninth Circuit 2021-05-12 Dismissed Amici (1)Relisted (2) arbitration-agreement california-law class-action class-action-waiver consumer-protection federal-arbitration-act preemption public-injunction public-injunctive-relief Whether California's public-policy rule declining to enforce agreements for individualized arbitration whenever a plaintiff seeks a public injunction …
20-1502 Abdikarim Karrani v. JetBlue Airways Corporation Ninth Circuit 2021-04-28 Denied Response Waived air-carrier-discrimination air-transportation cat's-paw cat's-paw-doctrine civil-rights discrimination federal-preemption preemption statutory-interpretation transportation-law Whether 49 U.S.C. § 44092(b) preempts 42 U.S.C. § 1981 claims
20-1483 Philip Pilevsky, et al. v. Sutton 58 Associates LLC New York 2021-04-22 Dismissed Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bankruptcy bankruptcy-code federal-law federal-preemption legal-proceedings liability-based-on-bankruptcy misuse-of-bankruptcy preemption state-law state-law-tort-claims tort-claims Whether the federal Bankruptcy Code preempts state-law tort claims
20-1453 Cal Cartage Transportation Express, LLC, et al. v. California, et al. California 2021-04-16 Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) commercial-ramifications federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act federal-statute independent-contractor independent-contractors motor-carrier preemption pricing-regulation statutory-interpretation worker-classification Does the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act preempt state laws that have an effect on a motor carrier's prices and services by discoura…
20-1354 City of Portland, Oregon, et al. v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-25 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived administrative-interpretation administrative-law brand-x fcc-preemption federal-communications-commission local-government-regulation municipal-rights preemption public-property-access statutory-interpretation telecommunications-law telecommunications-regulation Did the court of appeals err in upholding the FCC's interpretation of 'effect of prohibiting' in light of its plain meaning, lack of a limiting standa…
20-1307 Michael White v. Donald Knapp, Jr., et al. Michigan 2021-03-19 Denied bankruptcy-exemption bankruptcy-law debtor-rights due-process equal-protection full-faith-and-credit preemption preemption-doctrine property-ownership property-rights standing state-court-jurisdiction When a debtor's bankruptcy exemptions conflict with state court jurisdiction, are state courts required to give full faith and credit to bankruptcy la…
20-7487 Rodarius Grimes v. Alabama Alabama 2021-03-18 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process federalism jurisdictional-issue legal-conflict preemption standing state-court-decision supreme-court-law Whether the state court decision was/is in direct conflict with clearly established law as determined from the U.S. Supreme Court?
20-1263 Gianinna Gallardo, an Incapacitated Person, By and Through Her Parents and Co-Guardians Pilar Vassallo and Walter Gallardo v. Simone Marstiller, In Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-11 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) beneficiary-rights federal-statute future-medical-expenses healthcare-reimbursement medicaid-act medicaid-recovery medical-expenses preemption reimbursement statutory-interpretation tort-recovery tort-settlement Whether the federal Medicaid Act provides for a state Medicaid program to recover reimbursement for Medicaid's payment of a beneficiary's past medical…
20-1215 North American Meat Institute v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-03 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) agricultural-regulation animal-welfare commerce-clause constitutional-limits dormant-commerce-clause extraterritorial-regulation interstate-commerce preemption state-police-power Whether the Constitution permits California to extend its police power beyond its territorial borders by banning the sale of wholesome pork and veal p…
20-1069 Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. v. A. Y., et al. Pennsylvania 2021-02-05 Denied Amici (4) civil-liability drug-labeling fda-regulation federal-preemption impossibility-preemption off-label-use preemption state-tort-law Whether federal law preempts state-law claims that a manufacturer failed to provide adequate warnings relating to the off-label use of their products,…
20-994 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., et al. v. The Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County, Florida, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied CVSGAmici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) clean-air-act emission-standards federal-authority federal-regulation nationwide-updates preemption state-law state-regulation vehicle-emissions vehicle-regulation Whether the Clean Air Act preempts state and local governments from regulating manufacturers' post-sale, nationwide updates to vehicle emission system…
20-963 Stephen K. Walton, Sr. v. Virginia International Terminals, LLC Virginia 2021-01-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) land-based marine-terminal-operator personal-injury preemption property-handling shipping-act shipping-act-1984 state-law terminal-operator time-limitation Whether a marine terminal operator's schedule of rates under the Shipping Act of 1984 can time-bar a land-based personal-injury action that is timely …
20-965 Balubhai Patel, et al. v. Manuel Chavez California 2021-01-22 Denied 42-usc-1983 anti-SLAPP anti-SLAPP-statute attorney-fees civil-rights civil-rights-statute federal-preemption fee-shifting preemption supremacy-clause Whether California's anti-SLAPP statute's mandatory attorney fee shifting provisions in favor of a prevailing defendant conflicts with, and stands as …
20-953 Michael D. Ellis v. Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston Tenth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied choice-of-law civil-procedure erisa federal-courts insurance-contract insurance-contracts preemption state-law What is the correct test to apply in deciding whether an otherwise applicable state law—here, a state law prohibiting provisions in insurance contract…
20-851 Roger Hawes v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-12-28 Denied 42-usc-1983 commingled-funds disability-benefits due-process inmate-trust-fund preemption section-1983 section-5301 statutory-protection veterans-benefits Whether veterans' disability benefits deposited in an inmate trust fund account are protected from being used for a state-mandated medical co-payment …
20-772 Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor v. Phil Murphy, Governor of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) congressional-approval ex-parte-young interstate-compact interstate-compacts preemption sovereign-immunity state-officials Whether, under the doctrine of Ex parte Young, 209 U.S. 123 (1908), an interstate compact agency may sue a state official to prevent that official fro…
20-748 PHI Air Medical, LLC v. Texas Mutual Insurance Company, et al. Texas 2020-12-01 Denied Amici (3) air-ambulance air-carriers airline-deregulation-act mccarran-ferguson-act medicare-rate preemption rate-regulation workers-compensation Whether the ADA preempts a state workers' compensation system that limits the prices an air-ambulance company can charge and collect for its air-trans…
20-700 Addie Smith v. Syhadley, LLC Washington 2020-11-20 Denied arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements civil-procedure federal-arbitration-act motion-to-compel preemption state-law state-law-conflict supersedeas supreme-clause Whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts state Supersedeas law
20-683 Dirk Wilke, Interim State Health Officer of North Dakota, et al. v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association Eighth Circuit 2020-11-17 GVR civil-rights eighth-circuit employee-benefits erisa erisa-preemption health-care-law pharmacy-benefit-managers plan-administration preemption state-regulation Whether ERISA preempts state laws regulating pharmacy benefit managers
20-663 Peter R. Culpepper v. Provectus Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. Tennessee 2020-11-13 Denied Response Waived arbitration-agreement dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act grounds-for-vacating notice-requirement preemption state-arbitration-law state-law-preemption supremacy-clause time-limitation Whether a state arbitration law that provides a stricter mandate than Congress intended is preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act and the Supremacy …
20-645 Standing Akimbo, LLC, et al. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-11-12 Denied Relisted (13) 16th-amendment 4th-amendment controlled-substances-act fifth-amendment fourth-amendment preemption self-incrimination state-rights supremacy-clause tax-law Does Colorado's state-legal cannabis sales violate the Controlled Substances Act?
20-635 Soo Line Railroad Company, dba Canadian Pacific v. Consolidated Rail Corporation, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-11-10 Denied Response Waived exclusive-jurisdiction federal-preemption interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-commission-termination-act jurisdiction preemption rail-corporation state-law termination-act Whether the court of appeals erroneously held that the exemption provision of the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act (49 U.S.C. § 11321(a)…
20-542 Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. Veronica Degraffenreid, Acting Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. Pennsylvania 2020-10-26 Denied Amici (9)Response WaivedRelisted (4) constitutional-authority election-law elections-clause electors-clause federal-election-day federal-election-statutes judicial-interpretation mail-in-ballots mail-in-voting pennsylvania-supreme-court preemption Whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court majority usurped the Pennsylvania General Assembly's plenary authority
20-495 Charee Stanley v. ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. Sixth Circuit 2020-10-15 Denied Response Waived cba-interpretation circuit-split federal-preemption federal-statutory-claims mandatory-arbitration preemption railway-labor-act title-vii undue-hardship Whether the RLA's mandatory arbitration requirement applies to federal statutory claims
20-453 Consumer 2.0, Inc., dba Rently v. Tenant Turner, Inc. Federal Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Response Waived 35-usc-101 alice-test conventional-features graham-v-john-deere hindsight-bias patent-eligibility preemption section-101 section-103 Whether preemption is a threshold and defining consideration that the lower courts must consider in determining whether a claimed invention is directe…
20-328 Charlie Wilson, as Executor of the Estate of Debra Wilson v. Dallas County Hospital District, dba Parkland Health and Hospital System Texas 2020-09-11 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure conflict-preemption federal-appeal federal-removal jurisdictional-ping-pong preemption state-court-jurisdiction state-deadlines statutory-deadline tolling Are state statutory pre-discovery deadlines tolled during a federal appeal after removal to federal court?
20-299 Milliman, Inc. v. James J. Donelon, Commissioner of Insurance for Louisiana, in His Capacity as Rehabilitator of Louisiana Health Cooperative, Inc. Louisiana 2020-09-08 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedRelisted (2) arbitration contract-arbitration federal-arbitration-act forum-selection-clause insurance-insolvency insurance-regulation mccarran-ferguson-act preemption state-regulation Whether the Federal Arbitration Act (the 'FAA') preempts the state's forum selection clause and requires the commissioner to arbitrate these pre-insol…
20-249 Doug Ommen, in His Capacity as Liquidator of CoOportunity Health, et al. v. Milliman, Inc., et al. Iowa 2020-09-01 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) arbitration-clause contract-defense contract-defenses equal-footing federal-arbitration-act insurance-liquidation mccarran-ferguson mccarran-ferguson-act preemption state-law-preemption Whether the FAA preempts the generally applicable disavowal defense codified in Iowa's Liquidation Act
20-237 Old Republic Home Protection Company, Inc. v. William B. Sparks, et al. Oklahoma 2020-08-28 Denied appellate-court-decisions federal-arbitration-act insurance-contracts interstate-commerce mccarran-ferguson-act preemption reverse-preemption state-arbitration-statute Whether a state arbitration statute that excludes insurance contracts from its scope can qualify as a 'law enacted by [a] State for the purpose of reg…
20-5332 William David Bush v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-08-13 Denied IFP 10th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federalism preemption public-health-emergency quarantine-powers state-authority state-police-powers tenth-amendment Where the State of California's Health and Safety Code declares supremacy over the U.S. Constitution, under what circumstances does Article X not appl…
20-32 Steve Morsa v. Andre Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2020-07-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 35-usc-101 abstract-idea claims-analysis federal-circuit patent patent-eligibility patent-office preemption section-101 undue-preemption May the Federal Circuit and Patent Office ignore this Court's seminal Cuno decision?
20-5094 Anita Laux v. Mentor Worldwide, LLC Ninth Circuit 2020-07-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP cgmps circuit-split current-good-manufacturing-practices federal-requirements food-drug-cosmetic-act medical-device medical-device-preemption parallel-claims preemption state-law-claims twombly-iqbal Whether state-law claims against a medical device manufacturer are preempted
20-5027 Christopher Allred v. Jeffrey A. Uttecht, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-07-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process preemption privileges-and-immunities supremacy-clause vagueness Whether the privileges and immunities clause of the 14th Amendment protects the fundamental rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights against state infr…
20-8 Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, et al. v. Robert R. McCormick Foundation, et al. Second Circuit 2020-07-09 Denied CVSGAmici (4)Relisted (2) bankruptcy-law creditor-rights financial-institution fraudulent-transfers merit-management-group merit-management-precedent preemption Whether the court of appeals correctly held that the presumption against preemption of state law does not apply to creditor-rights claims once federal…
19-1441 City of Austin, Texas v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-06-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights declaratory-judgment due-process eleventh-amendment ex-parte-young federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption preemption standing state-preemption supremacy-clause Under Ex parte Young, is a state official a proper defendant in a federal declaratory judgment challenge under the Supremacy Clause to the validity of…
19-1364 Heather Henry, et vir v. CMBB, LLC Sixth Circuit 2020-06-12 Denied Response Waived certification civil-procedure common-law district-court intentional-injury intentional-tort preemption sixth-circuit standing statutory-interpretation tennessee-law workers-compensation Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in affirming the decision that Petitioners' claim is barred by Tennessee Code Annotated § 50-6-108(a) and the common l…
19-8689 Rebeca Lawrence v. Medtronic Ninth Circuit 2020-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP adverse-events failure-to-warn fda-reporting fda-requirements fraud fraud-allegations medical-device pre-market-approval preemption product-liability reliance Whether Respondent committed fraud by hiding adverse events related to implantable opioids-infusion pumps
19-8587 Reginald Young v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-06-02 Denied IFP affidavit-of-merit circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure medical-negligence preemption shady-grove state-law state-substantive-law summary-judgment Whether a state law 'affidavit of merit' requirement applies in a federal court medical-negligence case governed by state substantive law
19-1299 The Chamberlain Group, Inc. v. Techtronic Industries Co., et al. Federal Circuit 2020-05-19 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 35-usc-101 abstract-idea alice-v-cls claim-construction federal-circuit machine-invention machine-or-transformation patent patent-claims patent-eligibility preemption section-101 Whether the Federal Circuit improperly expanded § 101's narrow implicit exceptions by failing to properly assess Chamberlain's claims 'as a whole', wh…
19-1279 Jake LaTurner, Kansas State Treasurer v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit 2020-05-12 Denied abandoned-property bond-ownership bond-redemption due-process escheat escheat-power federal-law federal-preemption preemption redemption savings-bonds state-sovereignty treasury-regulations Whether States may redeem abandoned U.S. savings bonds
19-1246 Rita McDaniel, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Johnny F. McDaniel, Deceased v. Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. Sixth Circuit 2020-04-26 Denied failure-to-warn fda-labeling fda-regulations federal-regulations implied-preemption medication-guide parallel-federal-regulations preemption state-law tort-claim Whether a state-law, failure-to-warn claim that parallels a defendant's failure to follow FDA labeling regulations is impliedly preempted?
19-8252 Roscoe Chambers v. William Hardy, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-04-14 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process preemption regulations Whether the District Court can overlook regulations as preempting claims of due process rights
19-8241 Joseph Llewellyn Worrell v. Emigrant Mortgage Company, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-04-10 Denied IFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-stay civil-rights due-process foreclosure foreclosure-proceedings mortgage-security preemption servicemembers-civil-relief-act summary-judgment Whether a mortgage security instrument created six days before the underlying promissory note is sufficiently executed to provide standing to foreclos…
19-1188 Samaca, LLC v. Cellairis Franchise, Inc., et al. Georgia 2020-03-30 Denied Response Waived arbitrability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-arbitration-act georgia litigation preemption sanctions standing state-law Is Georgia's remedy for abusive litigation under O.C.G.A. § 9-15-14 exempt from arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act?
19-1154 Robinson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC, et al. v. Andrew Phillips, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Dorothy Phillips, et al. Arkansas 2020-03-20 Denied contract-formation contract-interpretation contract-law federal-arbitration-act mutuality-of-assent mutuality-of-obligation preemption state-law-rules third-party-beneficiaries Whether the FAA preempts a state-law contract rule that singles out arbitration agreements
19-1144 Michael McCarron v. DeCarlo & Shanley, P.C. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-procedure erisa erisa-preemption fiduciary-duty labor-law labor-union legal-advice legal-malpractice preemption professional-misconduct standing state-law-claims Does ERISA preempt state law claims against a law firm for providing improper legal advice to a labor union official?
19-1112 Stephanie Jones v. Jeremy Eder, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response Waived civil-rights fourth-amendment interstate-commerce-clause preemption prescription-drugs prescription-medication probable-cause search-and-seizure supremacy-clause warrantless-seizure Does the Fourth Amendment, the Supremacy Clause, or the Interstate Commerce Clause prohibit state actors from warrantlessly seizing the People and the…
19-1078 AT&T Mobility LLC, et al. v. Steven McArdle Ninth Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements california-law civil-procedure class-wide-injunction consumer-protection federal-arbitration-act preemption public-injunction public-injunctive-relief Whether California's public-policy rule conditioning the enforceability of arbitration agreements on acquiescence to public-injunction proceedings is …
19-1066 Comcast Corporation, et al. v. Charles E. Tillage, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-28 Denied bilateral-arbitration bilateralism consumer-disputes contract-revocation federal-arbitration-act preemption public-injunctive-relief saving-clause Whether the McGill rule falls outside the FAA's saving clause because it is not a ground that 'exist[s] at law or in equity' for the 'revocation' of a…
19-1056 Kristi Noem, Governor of South Dakota, et al. v. Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Eighth Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied economic-impacts fiscal-demands preemption state-interests state-taxation bracker-test economic-impacts federal-regulation indian-gaming preemption state-interests state-taxation tribal-sovereignty Does the Bracker test currently serve as a consistent and predictable rule of law in light of the exponential expansion of Indian gaming since 1988 an…
19-7774 Ronald Muhammad v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Seventh Circuit 2020-02-25 Denied IFP certiorari civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure due-process federal-circuit federal-preemption judicial-review precedent preemption reconciliation standing Is the 7th Circuit's decision appropriate for this Court's review, and if so why must this Court hear and decide this?
19-982 Erica Y. Bryant, et al. v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-05 Denied civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-transfer multi-district-litigation multidistrict-litigation preemption procedural-error state-law statute-of-repose Whether a transferee court in an MDL proceeding must follow the decisions of the transferor court's state supreme court and federal circuit court of a…
19-7423 Adam Lee Hamilton v. Eileen Ramey, Warden Missouri 2020-01-27 Denied IFP criminal-law federal-jurisdiction government-property preemption property-theft robbery state-prosecution statutory-interpretation theft united-states-government Do the provisions of 18 U.S.C. §2112, 28 U.S.C. §2114, 28 U.S.C. §8 and 7 U.S.C. §2024(D) reserve jurisdiction for the prosecution of such a criminal …
19-875 OTO, L.L.C. v. Ken Kho, et al. California 2020-01-15 Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-proceeding arbitration-agreement civil-litigation federal-arbitration-act preemption procedural-protections state-law substantive-unconscionability unconscionability Whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts a State from invalidating an arbitration agreement as substantively unconscionable
19-866 Emmanuel E. Ubinas-Brache v. Surgery Center of Texas, LP Texas 2020-01-10 Denied Response Waived anti-kickback-statute healthcare-fraud limited-partnership medicaid medicare partnership-agreement preemption state-contract-law surgical-center Does applying state contract law to enforce a partnership agreement's clause permitting expulsion 'for any reason or no reason' obstruct Congress's ef…
19-752 Hawaii Management Alliance Association v. Randy Rudel Ninth Circuit 2019-12-12 Denied Response Waived adjudicatory-procedure administrative-law civil-enforcement civil-procedure erisa erisa-preemption federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption federal-regulation preemption state-law state-statutes statutory-interpretation Whether state statutes can provide the 'relevant rule of decision' in an ERISA § 502(a) action when the state statutes create an adjudicatory procedur…
19-733 Metro-North Commuter Railroad Co. v. Jamey Murphy Connecticut 2019-12-10 Denied Response Waived federal-railroad-safety-act passenger-platform preemption state-law-claim state-law-claims track-conditions track-safety train-speed transportation-regulation Does the Federal Railroad Safety Act preempt a state-law claim that a train may not travel on a track next to a passenger platform at the operating sp…
19-735 William Tong, Attorney General of Connecticut v. Tweed-New Haven Airport Authority, et al. Second Circuit 2019-12-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) federal-aviation-act federal-preemption political-subdivision preemption runway-length standing standing-to-sue state-regulation state-sovereignty supremacy-clause Does a political subdivision of a State have standing to sue its creator State under the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution?
19-721 W. A. Griffin v. Humana Employers Health Plan of Georgia, Inc. Georgia 2019-12-06 Denied Response Waived assignment-of-benefit assignment-of-benefits consent-requirement erisa georgia-law georgia-statute health-insurance insurance-contracts insurance-law medical-assignment preemption provider-assignment provider-rights Whether a medical provider who obtained a written assignment of benefit is required to obtain consent from the fully-insured plan
19-710 Connecticut Fine Wine and Spirits, LLC, dba Total Wine & More v. Michelle H. Seagull, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, et al. Second Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Amici (1) antitrust antitrust-law commerce-clause market-competition preemption price-fixing sherman-act state-action-doctrine state-regulation wholesale-pricing Whether Section 1 of the Sherman Act preempts state laws facilitating such unsupervised private price-fixing
19-6435 Iyang Peter Oduok v. Fulton DeKalb Hospital Authority, dba Grady Memorial Hospital, et al. Georgia 2019-10-29 Dismissed IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-procedure-preemption constitutional-violation due-process federal-law georgia-supreme-court judicial-procedure preemption rule-13 rule-38 writ-of-certiorari Does Georgia Supreme Court Rule 38 conflict with federal law and preempt it?
19-532 United States v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (14) anti-commandeering civil-rights federal-law federal-preemption immigration immigration-enforcement immigration-law information-sharing intergovernmental-immunity preemption sb-54 state-enforcement state-law Whether provisions of California law that prohibit state law-enforcement officials from providing federal immigration authorities with release dates a…
19-490 Jonathan S. Metcalf v. Michael Fitzgerald, et al. Connecticut 2019-10-15 Denied adversary-proceeding adversary-proceedings bankruptcy bankruptcy-code civil-procedure federalism judicial-interpretation legal-claims preemption standing state-law state-law-claims vexatious-litigation Does the Bankruptcy Code preempt state-law vexatious-litigation claims arising from adversary actions in bankruptcy proceedings?
19-440 Northern Trust Corporation, et al. v. Lindie L. Banks, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split class-action covered-securities federal-securities-law fiduciary-duty preemption private-securities-litigation-reform-act securities-fraud securities-litigation securities-litigation-uniform-standards-act statutory-interpretation trust-assets trust-law trustee-misconduct uniform-standards-act Does a trust beneficiary's allegations that a trustee used trust assets to buy and sell the trustee's own proprietary securities for the trustee's own…
19-6074 Gerald Nelson v. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181-1061, AFL-CIO, et al. Second Circuit 2019-09-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights complete-preemption due-process federal-claim federal-jurisdiction federal-statute fourteenth-amendment labor-management-relations preemption removal removal-procedure state-common-law subject-matter-jurisdiction well-pleaded-complaint-rule Whether the United States Court of Appeal and District Federal Court can sua sponte a case when plaintiff has not had a chance to file a complaint and…
19-352 Robin Brindle, et al. v. Delta Airlines, Inc., et al. Rhode Island 2019-09-17 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) airline-deregulation airline-deregulation-act civil-procedure federal-law federal-preemption labor-law local-wage-regulation preemption state-regulation state-wage-regulation transportation transportation-law wage-regulation Whether the preemption provision of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 exempts airlines from state and local wage regulation
19-354 Colleen A. Easterday v. Estate of Michael J. Easterday Pennsylvania 2019-09-17 Denied Response Waived beneficiary-designation breach-of-contract common-law-waiver contract-claim erisa erisa-preemption joint-survivor-annuity kennedy-v-plan-administrator plan-documents preemption Can an Estate bring an action against a Joint Survivor Annuity beneficiary to obtain benefits after distribution based on a putative common law waiver…
19-339 Eugene J. Sonnier, II v. Catholic Foundation of The Diocese of Lafayette, et al. Louisiana 2019-09-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) armed-forces congressional-intent dis-internment federal-law federal-preemption military-benefits military-remains preemption remains-disposition service-member-rights state-statute Whether Louisiana's dis-internment statute is preempted by federal law and conflicts with congressional intent regarding the rights of members of the …
19-259 Maron Pictures Ltd. v. Sam Eigen, et al. California 2019-08-28 Denied berne-convention contributory-copyright-infringement copyright-act copyright-infringement copyright-law copyright-ownership federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption motion-picture motion-picture-rights preemption state-court state-court-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation How can any state court make conclusions in relation to motion picture rights without referring to the Copyright Act to make a determination?
19-214 Michael R. Presley, et al. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-19 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process financial-privacy internal-revenue-code notice-requirements preemption right-to-financial-privacy standing summons-enforcement tax tax-investigation third-party-summons Whether the federal Right to Financial Privacy Act was fully preempted by the Internal Revenue Code, resulting in the production of financial informat…
19-5370 Pedro Medina Castillon v. California California 2019-07-29 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction harmless-error heat-of-passion jury-instructions penal-code preemption standing state-law-claim subject-matter-jurisdiction vagueness Whether the federal court had proper pendent jurisdiction over state law claims
19-129 Neil Feinberg, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Tenth Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Response Waived civil-rights controlled-substances-act drug-policy drug-trafficking federal-preemption federalism interstate-commerce irs-tax-code marijuana-legalization preemption state-legalization state-rights tax-law Did the Tenth Circuit err in holding that the Controlled Substances Act superseded and preempted Colorado marijuana laws?
19-99 Northern Kentucky Area Development District v. Danielle Snyder Kentucky 2019-07-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) arbitration-agreement contract-defense employer-employee employment-contract equal-treatment federal-arbitration-act kentucky-revised-statutes preemption state-law Whether the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts Ky. Rev. Stat. § 336.700(2), which invalidates arbitration agreements between an employer and an em…
19-72 PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., et al. v. Richard Smigelski California 2019-07-15 Denied Response Waived arbitration-agreement civil-procedure consent federal-arbitration-act legal-fiction preemption state-consent state-law state-party Whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts a state-law rule that prohibits the enforcement of an arbitration agreement in a dispute covered by that …
18-1537 Youras Ziankovich v. Colorado Colorado 2019-06-13 Denied Response Waived choice-of-law civil-rights constitutional-rights disciplinary-proceeding due-process federal-agency federal-agency-practice federal-preemption free-speech interstate-practice legal-ethics license-suspension preemption professional-conduct professional-misconduct standing state-licensing supremacy-clause Whether Colorado violated the petitioner's constitutional rights by suspending his New York law license for alleged violations of Colorado's professio…
18-1526 Patrick J. Tobin v. City and County of San Francisco, California Ninth Circuit 2019-06-10 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure federal-courts federalism forum-shopping government-code-911.3(b) judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits legal-interpretation preemption rule-10(a) state-law supervisory-powers Whether the federal court erred in exercising pendent jurisdiction over state law claims and failing to follow state supreme court precedent on the in…
18-1437 Winston & Strawn LLP v. Constance Ramos, et al. California 2019-05-16 Denied Amici (6) arbitration arbitration-agreements armendariz civil-rights contract-law employment employment-arbitration federal-arbitration-act preemption severability unconscionability Whether California's Armendariz requirements and arbitration-specific unconscionability rules are preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act
18-1386 Dan M. Lipschultz, In His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, et al. v. Charter Advanced Services (MN), LLC, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) brand-x brand-x-test communications-act fcc-regulation federal-communications-commission information-services preemption state-regulation telecommunications-services voice-over-internet-protocol voip-classification Whether VoIP service is a telecommunications service or an information service under the appropriate functional test from Brand X
18-1382 American Eagle Express, Inc., dba AEX Group v. Ever Bedoya, et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split employment-classification federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act preemption presumption-against-preemption state-regulation transportation-of-property Whether the Third Circuit erred by holding that New Jersey's statutory test for determining employment classification is not preempted under the FA
18-1335 Continental Motors, Inc. v. Elizabeth Snider, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-24 Denied Response Waived aviation-accident aviation-safety component-part component-part-defect component-part-liability general-aviation general-aviation-revitalization-act manufacturer-immunity manufacturer-liability manufacturing-defect preemption product-liability statute-of-repose Whether the preemptive statute of repose created by the General Aviation Revitalization Act insulates the designer and manufacturer of a 37-year-old g…
18-1308 KPMG, LLP v. Singing River Health System, aka Singing River Hospital System Mississippi 2019-04-16 Denied arbitrability arbitrability-question arbitrability-questions arbitration-agreement contract-enforceability contract-formation delegation-clause federal-arbitration-act preemption state-law-challenge state-law-contract-challenge Whether the Federal Arbitration Act prohibits courts from relabeling a state law contract challenge as relating to contract formation, as opposed to e…
18-1299 Marie Gillispie v. Regionalcare Hospital Partners, Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) anti-retaliation at-will-employment circuit-court-interpretation circuit-court-ruling civil-rights common-law due-process employment-law emtala emtala-statute free-speech medical-malpractice preemption public-policy-exception retaliation statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent whistleblower whistleblower-protection Does the precedential ruling by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals directly contradict Supreme Court precedent and the intent of Congress regarding the …
18-1223 Mario Villena, et al. v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2019-03-20 Denied Amici (1) 35-usc-101 35-usc-102-103 administrative-procedure-act alice-mayo-test judicial-review patent-eligibility patent-examination patent-trial-and-appeal-board preemption section-101 statutory-interpretation uspto well-understood-routine-conventional Rejection of patent claims under 35 U.S.C. § 101 without addressing each limitation separately and as an ordered combination, lack of substantial evid…
18-1226 Clinton County Children and Youth Services v. A. A. R., Natural Mother, et al. Pennsylvania 2019-03-20 Denied Response Waived child-protective-services child-welfare civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federalism fourteenth-amendment preemption prenatal-injury standing state-law supremacy-clause Whether a state violates the constitutional guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment when it denies protections to children who suffer prenatal injury
18-1199 InvestPic, LLC v. SAP America, Inc. Federal Circuit 2019-03-14 Denied Amici (8) 35-usc-101 abstract-idea alice-v-cls-bank computer-implemented-process federal-circuit inventive-concept judicial-exceptions patent-act patent-eligibility physical-realm preemption Whether the Federal Circuit's physical realm' test contravenes the Patent Act and Supreme Court precedent by categorically excluding otherwise patenta…
18-1175 Colin Shillinglaw v. Baylor University, et al. Texas 2019-03-11 Denied Response Waived anti-SLAPP anti-slapp-statute arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements civil-procedure federal-arbitration-act federal-arbitration-act-preemption preemption res-judicata state-court-procedure Whether the FAA preempts a conflicting state anti-SLAPP statute and precludes a state court from refusing either to compel arbitration or to stay liti…
18-1167 Sam Francis Foundation, et al. v. Sotheby's, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-08 Denied Response Waived attorney-fees civil-procedure copyright-act copyright-preemption discretionary-standard federal-copyright-act federal-copyright-law federal-jurisdiction legal-standard preemption procedural-interpretation state-statute uniformity Where an action is brought under a state statute preempted by section 301(a) the Copyright Act of 1976
18-1140 Avco Corporation v. Jill Sikkelee, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of David Sikkelee, Deceased, et al. Third Circuit 2019-03-04 Denied CVSGAmici (8)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) aircraft-design aviation-safety design-defect federal-aviation-act federal-preemption field-preemption impossibility-preemption preemption product-liability state-law Whether the Federal Aviation Act preempts state-law design-defect claims
18-1106 Delaware Riverkeeper Network, et al. v. Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, et al. Third Circuit 2019-02-25 Denied administrative-law administrative-review administrative-review-process clean-water-act federal-preemption federalism finality-standard natural-gas-act preemption state-finality-standard state-law tenth-amendment May a federal court preempt a state's administrative-review-process by substituting a federal-finality-standard for a state-finality-standard
18-1097 SkyWest, Inc., et al. v. Andrea Hirst, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-02-22 Denied Amici (2) airlines discrimination dormant-commerce-clause federal-preemption federal-statute interstate-commerce judicial-review preemption state-law statutory-interpretation Is a state law exempt from the Dormant Commerce Clause merely because it does not discriminate against interstate commerce or because Congress has pas…
18-1083 Garda CL Northwest, Inc., fka AT Systems, Inc. v. Lawrence Hill, et al. Washington 2019-02-21 Denied collective-bargaining-agreement labor-management-relations-act-301 mental-state preemption unreasonableness willfulness collective-bargaining contract-interpretation federal-labor-law labor-preemption labor-relations lmra mental-state preemption statutory-construction waiver-interpretation Whether a state labor claim that requires the plaintiff to show that an employer acted with 'willfulness,' 'unreasonableness,' or other mental state, …
18-1070 Village of Lincolnshire, Illinois, et al. v. International Union of Operating Engineers Local 399, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-02-15 GVR employment-law federalism labor-relations labor-unions local-government municipal-ordinance national-labor-relations-act political-subdivision preemption right-to-work state-law statutory-interpretation union-membership Does a law enacted by a political subdivision of a state constitute 'State ... law' under section 14(b) of the National Labor Relations Act?
18-1039 Jeremy Levin, et ux. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Second Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied anti-terrorism-law asset-attachment correspondent-banking electronic-fund-transfer federal-preemption new-york-ucc preemption terrorism-risk-insurance-act Are blocked EFTs, originating with Iran, transferred into the U.S. by agents of Iran, and used to benefit its financial interests, immune from recover…
18-1011 Iveth Rodriguez Lopez v. ReadyOne Industries, Inc. Texas 2019-02-04 Denied Response Waived federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce preemption supremacy-clause which then preempts incompatible state law - civi commerce-clause contract-interpretation employment-law federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce preemption supremacy-clause supreme-clause texas-arbitration-act Whether an arbitration agreement must in fact be part of a contract evidencing a transaction involving commerce" to be within the coverage of Section …
18-1012 Patrick Lafferty, et ux. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. California 2019-02-04 Denied attorney-fees california-consumers-legal-remedies-act consumer-legal-remedies-act consumer-protection consumer-protection-act federal-trade-commission holder-rule implied-cause-of-action preemption private-cause-of-action private-right-of-action unfair-or-deceptive-acts Whether the Holder Rule" implies a new private cause of action and whether the "Holder Rule" cap preempts the California Consumers Legal Remedies Act"
18-985 BMP Family Limited Partnership, et al. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-29 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process financial-records fourth-amendment internal-revenue-code katz-v-united-states neece-v-irs non-party-clients preemption privacy right-to-financial-privacy right-to-privacy standing summons-privacy tax-summons Whether the issuance of summonses under 26 U.S.C. § 7609 preempts the privacy rights of non-party clients
18-7608 James E. Whitney v. Blake H. Chancellor Arkansas 2019-01-28 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process list-of-parties preemption preface standing table-of-contents takings Whether the lower court erred in its application of the legal standard for determining standing to bring a claim
18-979 Joshua Caleb Bohmker, et al. v. Oregon, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Amici (1) environmental-regulation federal-land federal-land-policy federal-land-policy-and-management-act federal-land-use-control federal-mining federal-mining-claims federal-preemption land-management land-use-control mineral-development mining-claims national-forest-management-act preemption state-environmental-regulation supremacy-clause Whether a state statute prohibiting any and all motorized mining in state-designated zones on federal land is categorically preempted under the Suprem…
18-929 Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, Inc., et al. v. Rae Weiler California 2019-01-17 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) affordable-forum arbitration-agreement arbitration-costs arbitrator-role contract-law cost-sharing cost-sharing-provision federal-arbitration-act federal-arbitration-act-preemption preemption state-contract-law state-law Whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts a state rule that denies enforcement of a cost-sharing provision in an arbitration agreement without a fi…
18-7415 Anthony James Scott v. California California 2019-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law alcohol-regulation civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation local-ordinance preemption procedural-rules state-constitution statutory-provisions transportation-of-alcohol Whether an officer could have reasonably entertained a good faith belief that a local ordinance prohibiting the transportation of alcohol in public wa…
18-912 AmeriCare MedServices, Inc. v. City of Anaheim, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-01-15 Denied Response Waived active-supervision antitrust antitrust-law civil-procedure commercial-market-participant commercial-participant federal-antitrust-law market-competition municipal-services preemption regulatory-capacity state-action-doctrine state-action-immunity Is a municipality that is not authorized by state law exempt from federal antitrust liability in the ambulance services market?
18-910 City of San Diego, California v. Public Employment Relations Board California 2019-01-14 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived citizens-initiative civil-rights content-based content-based-restriction first-amendment free-speech government-code pension-reform preemption prior-restraint public-official viewpoint-based Whether California Government Code section 3505 can preempt an elected public official's First Amendment right to participate in a citizens' initiativ…
18-879 Electric Power Supply Association, et al. v. John B. Rhodes, et al. Second Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Amici (2) energy-regulation federal-power-act ferc ferc-preemption just-and-reasonable-rates market-based-auctions preemption state-subsidies wholesale-electricity wholesale-electricity-markets Whether the Federal Power Act preempts state subsidies that lack an express requirement to sell in FERC-approved auctions but that, by design, subsidi…
18-887 California Trucking Association v. Julie A. Su Ninth Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied california-labor-commissioner employment-classification federal-aviation-act federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act labor-commissioner motor-carrier motor-carrier-preemption motor-carriers owner-operator owner-operator-contracts owner-operators preemption transportation-deregulation transportation-industry workforce-exclusion Did the Ninth Circuit err by holding the FA does not preempt California's interference with contractual agreements between motor carriers and owner-op…
18-868 Electric Power Supply Association, et al. v. Anthony M. Star, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-01-08 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived auction-rates federal-power-act ferc ferc-jurisdiction just-and-reasonable-rates market-rates preemption preemption-doctrine state-subsidies wholesale-electricity wholesale-electricity-markets Whether the Federal Power Act preempts state subsidies that lack an express requirement to sell in FERC-approved auctions but that, by design, subsidi…
18-847 BNSF Railway Company v. Juanita Nye, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jeffrey Nye Oklahoma 2019-01-04 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) federal-funding federal-rail-safety-act grade-crossing preemption state-tort-claim tort-claim warning-devices When the project documents and authenticating testimony demonstrate that federal funds participated in a state-wide project to install warning devices…
18-855 Ray Allen, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, et al. v. International Association of Machinists District Ten, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-01-04 Dismissed Amici (4)Relisted (2) dues-checkoff federal-law labor-law labor-relations national-labor-relations-act preemption right-to-work summary-affirmance union-authorization Whether this Court should overrule its summary affirmance in Sea Pak v. Industrial, Technical, and Professional Employees, Division of National Mariti…
18-831 Michael Presley, et al. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-03 Denied 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process financial-privacy financial-records fourth-amendment internal-revenue-code irs-investigation preemption right-to-financial-privacy-act right-to-privacy tax-summons third-party-summons Whether the court below erroneously held that the issuance of summonses under 26 U.S.C. § 7609 preempts the privacy rights of non-party clients
18-803 Wendy B. Dolin v. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC, fka SmithKline Beecham Corporation Seventh Circuit 2018-12-21 Denied Relisted (2) clinical-trials drug-labeling drug-manufacturer fda-regulations impossibility-preemption labeling-changes preemption truthful-risks unilateral-labeling-changes unilateral-warning wyeth-v-levine Does federal law prevent a drug manufacturer from enhancing its label to reflect truthful risks revealed in its clinical trials when the relevant FDA …
18-7041 Mark P. Donaldson v. Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, et al. Michigan 2018-12-17 Denied IFP administrative-hearing administrative-procedure cms-compliance due-process federal-preemption federal-regulations hearing-rights medicaid medicaid-regulations preemption procedural-due-process state-agencies supremacy-clause Whether Mr. Donaldson's procedural due process rights afforded him under Medicaid including 45 C.F.R. 155.530 (a), (b)(1) - (3) have been violated by …
18-6712 Bryan Marque Gilstrap v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism preemption state-rights state-sovereignty Whether the case should be held in light of any case establishing limitations on Congressional power to criminalize areas of traditional state respons…
18-615 Bruce Munro, et al. v. Lucy Activewear Inc., et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-11-13 Denied circuit-split civil-procedure copyright copyright-law intellectual-property lanham-act physical-products preemption product-design standing trade-dress Does copyright preclude Lanham Act product design-trade-dress claims for physical products, and if so, under what circumstance(s)?
18-612 CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Alabama Department of Revenue, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-09 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) commerce-clause csx-transportation discrimination discriminatory-taxation dormant-commerce-clause equal-protection interstate-commerce motor-carrier motor-carrier-tax preemption railroad-fuel state-taxation supreme-court-precedent tax-discrimination tax-jurisprudence Whether Alabama's imposition of a motor fuels tax on interstate motor carriers justifies its facially discriminatory sales and use tax on railroad die…
18-593 StarLink Logistics, Inc. v. ACC, LLC, et al. Tennessee 2018-11-06 Denied Relisted (2) clean-water-act effluent-limits navigable-waters npdes-permit point-source point-source-pollution preemption supremacy-clause Whether a state law that authorizes a polluter to discharge covered pollutants from a point source into the navigable waters of the United States with…
18-579 Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. Judy Schurke, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-02 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) arbitration-requirement civil-procedure collective-bargaining collective-bargaining-agreement federal-jurisdiction labor-management-relations-act labor-preemption labor-relations ninth-circuit-ruling preemption railway-labor-act state-law-claim state-law-claims Whether federal courts lack authority to inquire into the nature and scope of an alleged state law claim in determining whether resolution of that cla…
18-550 Brandi K. Stokes v. Christopher Lance Corsbie, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-10-26 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1447d civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction geneva-conventions grave-breaches international-law preemption removal removal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction war-crimes Whether 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d) is preempted by international law for claims involving grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions
18-519 Joseph A. Jennings, III v. Susan W. Jennings Ohio 2018-10-19 Denied agent-orange disability-compensation domestic-relations federal-law federal-preemption howell-v-howell preemption service-connected-disability spousal-support state-law veterans-benefits veterans-disability-benefits Whether veterans disability compensation may lawfully be included as a source of income in determining spousal support in a non-community property sta…
18-499 Mark Griffioen, et al. v. Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railways Company, et al. Iowa 2018-10-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) alternative-remedy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-preemption federal-railroad-safety-act federal-remedy interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-commission-termination-act preemption preemption-under-iccta public-safety rail-transportation savings-clause state-law state-law-claims takings Whether the Iowa Supreme Court erred in holding that state laws of general application addressing primarily public safety issues and with only an inci…
18-464 Hatfield Enterprizes, Inc., et al. v. Washington State Employment Security Department Washington 2018-10-12 Denied Response Waived carrier-classification carrier-control federal-aviation-act federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act federal-preemption independent-contractor independent-contractors preemption state-law trucking-industry unemployment-compensation Whether Washington's statute defining independent contractors for unemployment compensation taxes preempts the Federal Aviation Administration Authori…
18-466 Gulick Trucking, Inc. v. Washington State Employment Security Department Washington 2018-10-12 Denied Response Waived carrier-classification carrier-control faaaa-preemption federal-aviation-act federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act federal-regulation independent-contractor independent-contractors owner-operator preemption prices-routes-services state-law trucking-industry unemployment-compensation Whether Washington's statute defining independent contractors for unemployment compensation taxes, which effectively eliminates the owner-operator bus…
18-469 MacMillan-Piper, Inc. v. Washington State Employment Security Department Washington 2018-10-12 Denied Response Waived carrier-classification carrier-control faaaa federal-aviation-act federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act- federal-lease-contract-provisions federal-preemption independent-contractor independent-contractors preemption state-law trucking-industry unemployment-compensation unemployment-compensation-taxes Whether Washington's statute defining independent contractors for unemployment compensation taxes preempts the Federal Aviation Administration Authori…
18-447 Alabama Department of Revenue, et al. v. CSX Transportation, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) commerce-clause discrimination dormant-commerce-clause equal-protection fuel-exemption interstate-commerce preemption state-taxation statutory-interpretation tax-discrimination tax-exemption transportation-carriers Under 49 U.S.C. § 11501(b)(4), when can a State justifiably maintain a sales-and-use tax exemption for fuel used by vessels to transport goods interst…
18-449 Pharmavite LLC v. Noah Bradach Ninth Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied Response Waived class-action class-certification class-members federal-preemption federal-statute individual-inquiry preemption state-law-claims supremacy-clause Is it a violation of the Supremacy Clause for a federal court to certify a class that includes class members asserting state law claims that are expre…
18-312 David R. Smith v. Tennessee National Guard Tennessee 2018-09-11 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation employment employment-law preemption reemployment-rights state-law statute-of-limitations supremacy-clause time-limitation title-38-usc-4301 uniformed-services-reserve-reemployment-act userra-act Does a state law that sets a time limit on when an action may be filed under the Uniformed Services Reserve Reemployment Act, Title 38 U.S.C. §§ 4301,…
18-256 Robert Bartlett, et al. v. Honeywell International, Inc. Second Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied Response Waived cercla-preemption circuit-court-review circuit-court-summary-order civil-rights common-law-tort common-law-tort-claims congressional-intent cts-corp-v-waldburger due-process environmental-law judicial-precedent preemption statutory-interpretation torts toxic-exposure Did CERCLA preempt petitioners' common law tort claims?
18-212 Bank of America, N.A. v. Donald M. Lusnak Ninth Circuit 2018-08-17 Denied Amici (1) escrow-accounts federal-banking-powers federal-preemption mortgage-escrow mortgage-lending mortgage-loan-escrow national-bank national-bank-act occ-regulations office-of-the-comptroller-of-the-currency preemption real-estate-lending state-banking-law state-banking-laws Whether the National Bank Act preempts state laws regulating national bank loan terms, such as California's law requiring payment of interest on mortg…
18-205 Northern California Water Association, et al. v. California State Water Resources Control Board, et al. California 2018-08-16 Denied Response Waived central-valley-project federal-property intergovernmental-immunity preemption property-rights sovereign-immunity state-taxation state-water-board supremacy-clause tax-assessment taxation water-contractors water-contracts water-rights Is a California statute imposing a direct tax on the United States' property interest in water constitutional if it is applied in a manner that passes…
18-166 John M. Probandt, et al. v. Dennis P. Walker Nebraska 2018-08-08 Denied 14th-amendment civil-rights color-of-law deprivation-of-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment internal-affairs-doctrine negotiable-instrument preemption state-courts uniform-commercial-code Is the State Courts' intentional refusal to apply the provisions of the Nebraska Uniform Commercial Code a violation of the U.S. Constitution, Amend. …
18-174 Applied Underwriters Captive Risk Assurance Company, Inc. v. Citizens of Humanity, LLC, et al. Nebraska 2018-08-08 Denied arbitrability-delegation arbitration arbitration-agreement choice-of-law contract-interpretation delegation-clause federal-arbitration-act judicial-hostility judicial-hostility-to-arbitration preemption state-law substantive-law Whether a general choice-of-law clause in a contract that contains an arbitration agreement should incorporate state substantive law without incorpora…
18-175 Applied Underwriters, Inc., et al. v. Citizens of Humanity, LLC, et al. California 2018-08-08 Denied arbitrability arbitration-act arbitration-agreement choice-of-law contract-interpretation delegation-clause federal-arbitration-act judicial-hostility preemption rent-a-center-v-jackson state-arbitration-principles state-substantive-law Whether a litigant can avoid enforcement of a cont Whether a general choice-of-law clause in a contract that contains an arbitration agreement should be read to import state substantive law without imp…
18-153 Louisiana Public Service Commission v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2018-08-03 Denied Amici (1) administrative-law cost-allocation energy-regulation federal-power-act ferc ferc-ratemaking ferc-refund-policy holding-company-cost-allocation preemption rate-making ratemaking refund regulatory-policy state-ratemaking supremacy-clause Given the text of a SCOTUS petition for writ of certiorari, the issue being raised is: May FERC deny a refund authorized by FPA Section 206(b) based o…
18-5385 Lee Curtis Bell, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law enumerated-powers federalism judicial-review preemption state-responsibility state-rights Whether the case should be held in light of any case establishing limitations on Congressional power to criminalize areas of traditional state respons…
18-1 C. G. v. Deborah Heart and Lung Center, et al. New Jersey 2018-06-29 Denied federal-statute health-care-quality-improvement-act hospital-immunity immunity medical-reporting patient-care preemption professional-review state-law To what extent does the federal Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA), 42 U.S.C. § 11101 et seq., preempt state laws governing a hospita…