private-right-of-action

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25-917 Aaron Abadi v. Anthony Stephen Fauci, et al. Second Circuit 2026-02-04 Pending air-carrier-access-act alexander-v-sandoval canon-v-university-of-chicago disability-discrimination private-right-of-action statutory-interpretation 1) Whether the Air Carrier Access Act, 49 U.S.C. § 41705 — which provides that "an air carrier may not discriminate " against qualified individuals wi…
25-812 James Greiner v. Tesla, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2026-01-09 Pending Response Waived arbitration-clause breach-of-contract consideration due-process prenuptial-agreement private-right-of-action 1) When a woman signs a Prenuptial Agreement for a set amount, she cannot argue in divorce court that the Law says "she has the right" to half. Theref…
25-794 Jordan Spatz v. Regents of the University of California Ninth Circuit 2026-01-07 Pending Response Waived administrative-law age-discrimination civil-rights intentional-discrimination medical-residency private-right-of-action 1. Does the 1975 Age Discrimination Act apply to applications for matriculation in the medical residency match process, to prohibit discrimination bas…
25-531 Xeriant, Inc. v. Auctus Fund, LLC Second Circuit 2025-10-31 Dismissed contract-rescission exempt-transaction private-right-of-action securities-exchange-act securities-law unregistered-dealer (a) Where a party has attained "unregistered dealer" status at the time of the contract, may that party enter a contract effecting the purchase of a c…
25-9 Keith M. Wilkins v. Steve Herron, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-07-02 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived emergency-use-authorization experimental-drugs food-drug-cosmetic-act informed-consent private-right-of-action section-1983 May an individual bring a lawsuit via 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violation of his right to informed consent to the administration of an EUA experimental dru…
24-983 Havana Docks Corporation v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-13 Granted CVSGAmici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) cuban-regime foreign-policy libertad-act private-right-of-action property-confiscation trafficking Whether a plaintiff must prove that the defendant trafficked in property confiscated by the Cuban government as to which the plaintiff owns a claim, o…
24-856 Cisco Systems, Inc., et al. v. Doe I, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-02-11 Granted CVSGAmici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) aiding-and-abetting alien-tort-statute mens-rea private-right-of-action statutory-interpretation torture-victim-protection-act Whether the Alien Tort Statute allows a judicially-implied private right of action for aiding and abetting, and whether mere knowledge rather than pur…
24-725 Hytera Communications Corporation Ltd. v. Motorola Solutions, Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-01-10 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived defend-trade-secrets-act economic-espionage-act extraterritorial-application presumption-against-extraterritoriality private-right-of-action trade-secret-misappropriation Does the private right of action for trade secret misappropriation created by the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 rebut the presumption against extra…
24-194 Bahig Saliba v. American Airlines, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-08-21 Denied Response Waived aviation-law employment-contract federal-aviation-act medical-certification pilot-standards private-right-of-action Whether the Respondent's demands for medical treatment impacted pilot medical certification standards and whether the Federal Aviation Act provides an…
24-191 Bahig Saliba v. Allied Pilots Association Ninth Circuit 2024-08-21 Denied Response Waived aviation-law collective-bargaining federal-aviation-act labor-representation medical-certification private-right-of-action Whether a collective bargaining agent has authority to negotiate terms impacting FAA pilot medical certification standards and whether the Federal Avi…
23-1294 Debra A. Charles v. Anna-Jonesboro National Bank, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure-12b6 civil-rights due-process private-right-of-action rooker-feldman-doctrine standing statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether Charles fails to state a cause of action upon which relief can be granted?
23-1200 Gregory Garmong v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-08 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-claims due-process federal-law fifth-amendment ninth-circuit private-right-of-action property-interest Did the Ninth Circuit err in affirming dismissal of, and declaring frivolous, constitutional due process claims pursuant to an express private right o…
22-1165 Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation, et al. v. Moab Partners, L.P., et al. Second Circuit 2023-06-01 Judgment Issued Amici (11)Response Waived circuit-split item-303 item-303-disclosure material-fact private-right-of-action sec-regulation-s-k sec-rule-10b-5 section-10b securities-exchange-act securities-exchange-act-1934 Whether the Second Circuit erred in holding—in conflict with the Third, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits— that a failure to make a disclosure required und…
22-896 The Ohio State University v. Steve Snyder-Hill, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-03-16 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights discovery-rule educational-programs federal-financial-assistance private-right-of-action sex-discrimination standing statute-of-limitations title-ix Whether the statute of limitations for a Title IX claim accrues at the time of the alleged injury or under a discovery rule
22-572 Robert M. Glen v. Trip Advisor LLC, et al. Third Circuit 2022-12-21 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights confiscated-property cuban-property helms-burton-act inheritance-rights private-right-of-action property-confiscation standing statutory-interpretation trafficking trafficking-claims Whether the single word 'acquires' in Section 6082(a)(4)(B) of the Helms-Burton Act bars trafficking actions by U.S. heirs who passively inherited cla…
22-319 Saloojas, Inc. v. Aetna Health of California, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2022-10-05 Denied Response Waived cares-act congressional-intent diagnostic-testing healthcare-reimbursement private-remedy private-right-of-action reimbursement statutory-interpretation Did Congress have an implicit intent to create a private remedy in favor of diagnostic testing providers for full reimbursement under the CARES Act?
22-91 Stephanie Logsdon Smith, et al. v. Kentucky Sixth Circuit 2022-07-29 Denied Response Waived 13th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-violation involuntary-servitude private-right-of-action probation-officer sexual-slavery slavery sovereign-immunity state-action thirteenth-amendment Whether the Constitution confers a private right of action against an individual State when that State violates the explicit prohibitions against slav…
22-5026 Aaron Abadi v. Department of Transportation District of Columbia 2022-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-enforcement air-carrier-access-act circuit-courts civil-rights judicial-review private-action private-right-of-action standing statutory-interpretation Is there a right to a private action on violations of the Air Carrier Access Act?
21-1431 Robert M. Kerr, Director, South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-05-11 GVR Amici (6)Relisted (3) circuit-split civil-rights due-process medicaid medicaid-act private-right-of-action privately-enforceable-rights section-1983 spending-clause standing statutory-interpretation Whether Spending Clause statutes give rise to privately enforceable rights under § 1983
21-1289 Foster Taft v. Ventura County Medical Center, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-24 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process federal-regulation hipaa hipaa-privacy privacy privacy-act private-cause-of-action private-right-of-action state-actor Does 42 U.S.C. §1983 confer a private cause of action for privacy violations of HIPAA, in particular 164.502(a)?
21-903 Robert M. Glen v. American Airlines, Inc. Fifth Circuit 2021-12-20 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-procedure confiscated-property cuban-property helms-burton-act inheritance-rights private-right-of-action property-confiscation standing statutory-interpretation trafficking trafficking-claims Whether the single word 'acquires' in Section 6082(a)(4)(B) of the Helms-Burton Act bars trafficking actions by U.S. heirs who passively inherited cla…
21-124 Emmanuel Torres v. Bay Area Credit Services, et al. Second Circuit 2021-07-29 Denied civil-rights consumer-protection debt-collection due-process fair-debt-collection federal-jurisdiction federal-statute new-york-business-law private-right-of-action statutory-interpretation Does a consumer have a private right of action under New York General Business Law Section 349 for a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Violation?
20-1303 Anthony Pappas v. Joseph Lorintz, et al. Second Circuit 2021-03-19 Denied Response Waived campaign-funds civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-election judicial-review private-right-of-action standing state-actor third-party-interference Did the Second Circuit Court of Appeals commit serious error when it affirmed dismissal of a civil rights action challenging state actor interferences…
20-1217 Daniel Kristof Lak v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-03 Denied Response Waived 11th-amendment 14th-Amendment civil-procedure civil-rights consent-to-suit federal-jurisdiction private-right-of-action social-security-act state-immunity title-iv-d Whether a state can be shielded from suit in federal court via 11th-Amendment-immunity
20-5876 In Re Paula Idele Keller 2020-10-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 9th-circuit-appeal civil-procedure fair-housing-act loan-modification mortgage mortgage-modification private-right-of-action real-estate real-estate-transaction standing statutory-interpretation Whether a Mortgage Loan Modification from a plaintiffs loan servicer is sufficiently related to the meaning of 'real estate-related transaction' under…
20-118 Gregory Greer v. General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2020-08-04 Denied Response Waived contractor-employee-supervision executive-order-12829 federal-acquisition-regulation federal-acquisition-regulations inherently-governmental-function national-industrial-security-program private-right-of-action security-clearance Is the language of 48 CFR 7.503(d)(13) vague and untenable?
19-1410 Rosetta Bulluck v. Newtek Small Business Finance, Inc., dba Newtek Business Services, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-24 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights common-law-doctrine contract-formation contract-implementation deference-to-district-court due-process foreclosure-sale private-right-of-action standing summary-judgment Whether Petitioner has a private right of action for Respondents' unlawful acts
19-1296 Helix TCS, Inc. v. Robert Kenney Tenth Circuit 2020-05-15 Denied controlled-substances controlled-substances-act fair-labor-standards-act federal-drug-crime federal-drug-crimes marijuana-trafficking minimum-wages private-right-of-action tenth-circuit-ruling uniform-application-of-federal-law Whether the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201, et seq., confers a private right of action to recover minimum wages for conduct that violates t…
19-1210 Harry's Nurses Registry, et al. v. Claudia Gayle, et al. Second Circuit 2020-04-13 Denied Response Waived administrative-enforcement condition-precedent employment-law fair-labor-standards-act private-right-of-action section-206 section-207 section-216(b) statutory-interpretation wage-and-hour Is the finding that the employer has violated Section 206 or Section 207 of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et. seq, a condition precede…
19-1186 Joshua Baker, Director, South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-03-30 Denied Amici (6) 42-usc-1396a(a)(23) 42-usc-1983 circuit-split federal-enforcement medicaid-recipients medicaid-rights private-right-of-action provider-qualification spending-clause state-determination statutory-interpretation Whether Medicaid recipients have a private right of action under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(23) to challenge a state's determination that a…
19-574 Sheila J. Poole, Commissioner, New York State Office of Children and Family Services v. New York State Citizens' Coalition for Children Second Circuit 2019-11-01 Denied Amici (1) adoption-assistance-act adoption-assistance-and-child-welfare-act child-welfare federal-department-of-health-and-human-services federal-reimbursement foster-care foster-care-maintenance-payments private-right-of-action spending-mandate state-administration state-funding Whether the CWA's criteria for partial federal reimbursement unambiguously confer on foster parents a private right of action to compel States to cove…
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"
18-686 Lazina King, et al. v. Caliber Home Loans, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Relisted (2) dodd-frank-act dual-tracking foreclosure-law jury-trial private-right-of-action real-estate-settlement-procedures-act regulation-x respa-regulation seventh-amendment statutory-damages Is the RESPA Regulation X Section 6(f) which was promulgated by Dodd-Frank Act remedial in nature which provides a private right of action to an injur…
18-459 Emulex Corporation, et al. v. Gary Varjabedian, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-11 Judgment Issued Amici (11) circuit-split misstatement-omission negligent-misstatement ninth-circuit private-right-of-action section-14(e) securities-exchange-act securities-exchange-act-1934 securities-law tender-offer Whether Section 14(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 supports an inferred private right of action based on a negligent misstatement or omissio…
18-3 Robbie Ohlendorf, et al. v. Local 876, United Food & Commercial Workers International Union Sixth Circuit 2018-06-28 Denied alexander-v-sandoval check-off-authorization duty-of-fair-representation federal-jurisdiction first-amendment labor-management-relations labor-management-relations-act private-right-of-action revocation statutory-interpretation Whether Section 302 of the Labor Management Relations Act provides a private right of action