proportionality-test

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-31 Michael J. Libman, et al. v. Antwon Jones, et al. California 2024-07-12 Denied ability-to-pay attorney-fees disgorgement eighth-amendment excessive-fines professional-conduct proportionality-test Does the court-ordered disgorgement of attorney fees for violation of state rules of professional conduct fall under the 'excessive fines' clause of t…
22-93 Michigan State University, et al. v. Sophia Balow, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-08-01 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) athletic-opportunities circuit-split education-amendments-1972 educational-discrimination equal-athletic-opportunity federal-financial-assistance gender-equity proportionality-test sex-discrimination substantial-proportionality title-ix Whether, in determining compliance with Title IX and the substantial proportionality rule, the athletic participation gap between male and female stud…
20-7849 Ismael Lopez v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2021-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment accomplice-liability constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process factor-based-analysis mandatory-sentencing mens-rea nexus proportionality-test sentencing Whether mandatory sentences are constitutional
18-1585 Kassim M. Nagi v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-06-27 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 8th-amendment controlled-substances cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment first-time-offender lockyer-v-andrade money-laundering proportionality proportionality-test racketeering sentencing solem-v-helm Whether a 90-year consecutive sentence for a 33-year-old first-time offender violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishme…