rational-basis-test

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-787 John F. Carbin v. Massachusetts Board of State Examiners of Plumbers and Gas Fitters, et al. First Circuit 2026-01-06 Pending Amici (3) constitutional-rights dobbs-precedent due-process judicial-scrutiny rational-basis-test separation-of-powers A jet engine mechanic brought a civil rights lawsuit after a Massachusetts County denied him a permit to perform plumbing on the home he was building.…
24-840 Andrew Sablan Salas v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-02-06 Denied Response Waived constitutional-interpretation federal-legislation rational-basis-test territorial-clause territorial-rights us-cnmi-covenant Is the application of federal legislation to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands under the US-CNMI Covenant properly evaluated by means o…
22-843 J. P. Bryan, et al. v. Eleazar R. Cano, County Judge Fifth Circuit 2023-03-06 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-injury due-process government-action judicial-review public-health public-health-emergency rational-basis-test standing takings Is the rational-basis-test used to ratify COVID-19-orders closing a hotel overly-deferential?
22-545 Sage Lewis, et al. v. Akron Board of Zoning Appeals Ohio 2022-12-14 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process emergency-shelter liberty-interest property-rights rational-basis rational-basis-test zoning zoning-code When a person wants to exercise the deeply and objectively rooted right to use liberty and property for the non-economic purpose of saving lives, does…
18-1145 Minerva Dairy, Inc., et al. v. Brad Pfaff, in His Official Capacity as Secretary-designee of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-03-05 Denied Amici (3) burdens-on-interstate-commerce circuit-split civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-law discrimination disparate-impact dormant-commerce-clause due-process economic-liberty interstate-commerce local-benefits pike-v-bruce-church rational-basis rational-basis-test state-regulation substantive-due-process Dormant Commerce Clause challenge to Wisconsin butter grading law