public-disclosure
8 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-893 | Robert V. Smith v. Jay A. Odom, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2026-01-29 | Denied | false-claims-act fraud-prevention original-source public-disclosure statutory-interpretation whistleblower | Whether the requirement in 31 U.S.C. § 3730(e)(4)(B) that a relator have "knowledge that is independent of and materially adds to the publicly disclos… | |
| 25-271 | United States, ex rel. Mark J. O'Connor, et al. v. USCC Wireless Investment, Inc., et al. | District of Columbia | 2025-09-09 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | affirmative-defense civil-procedure false-claims-act materiality public-disclosure qui-tam | 1. Whether the D.C. Circuit erred by requiring plaintiffs to anticipate and negate in their complaint a False Claims Act affirmative defense, in direc… |
| 25A9 | United States, ex rel. Mark J. O'Connor, et al. v. USCC Wireless Investment, Inc., et al. | District of Columbia | 2025-07-01 | Presumed Complete | false-claims-act fraud-allegations original-source public-disclosure qui-tam whistleblower | Question not identified. The document provided is an "Application to Extend Time to File a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari," not a petition for a w… | |
| 24-1035 | Omni Healthcare, Inc. v. U.S. Oncology, Inc. | Second Circuit | 2025-03-31 | Denied | Response Waived | circuit-split false-claims-act original-source public-disclosure qui-tam relator | 1. Is a qui tam relator barred by the "public disclosure" of its own prior complaint? No other circuit court has so held. 2. Does the public-disclosu… |
| 24-39 | Christopher Glenn White v. Donald T. Sloan, Sheriff, Lynchburg, Virginia, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2024-07-16 | Denied | booking-photo booking-photos civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment-prospects freedom-of-information government-decision-making internet-publication law-enforcement public-disclosure | In the United States today, law enforcement acting on their own accord engaging in arbitrary government decision making, can destroy an individual's p… | |
| 20-141 | Howard Bloomgarden v. National Archives and Records Administration | District of Columbia | 2020-08-11 | Denied | Response Waived | administrative-law agency-decision exemption-6 freedom-of-information-act government-criticism government-employment personal-privacy public-disclosure | Where an Assistant United States Attorney was terminated for misconduct and has continued to cite his former government service in public letters crit… |
| 19-145 | Vincent Mastanduno v. National Freight Industries, et al. | North Carolina | 2019-07-31 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-rights compelling-state-interest constitutional-rights due-process health-information informational-privacy privacy public-disclosure public-interest state-action state-agency state-disclosure transparency | Does a person have a constitutional right to privacy over his personal health information; and where the State publishes a person's private health inf… |
| 18-267 | Electronic Privacy Information Center v. Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, et al. | District of Columbia | 2018-08-31 | Denied | article-iii article-iii-standing civil-rights congressional-intent due-process federal-election-commission-v-akins federal-question federal-statute informational-injury injury-in-fact judicial-review munsingwear-doctrine munsingwear-vacatur privacy public-disclosure standing standing-injury-in-fact statutory-interpretation | 1. Does a plaintiff suffer an Article III injury in fact "when the plaintiff fails to obtain information which must be publicly disclosed pursuant to … |