regulatory-ambiguity
7 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-6848 | Derek Steven Trumbull v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2025-03-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | agency-deference judicial-interpretation regulatory-ambiguity rule-of-lenity separation-of-powers statutory-construction | Do the separation of powers and the canons of statutory construction, most fundamentally the rule of lenity, permit the judiciary to defer to an agenc… |
| 23-7338 | Damon Sean Bellis v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2024-04-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation circuit-split judicial-deference regulatory-ambiguity sentencing-guidelines stare-decisis statutory-interpretation | The Court held in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. Ct. 2400 (2019), that before a court may defer to an agency's interpretation of its regulation, the court mu… |
| 23-7122 | James Alexander v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-04-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | agency-interpretation circuit-split judicial-deference kisor-standard kisor-v-wilkie regulatory-ambiguity sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines | Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. C… |
| 23-5875 | Andres Vargas v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-10-25 | Denied | IFP | agency-interpretation auer-deference circuit-split federal-criminal-sentencing judicial-deference kisor-standard kisor-v-wilkie regulatory-ambiguity sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines | Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. C… |
| 20-579 | Zimmian Tabb v. United States | Second Circuit | 2020-11-02 | Denied | Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) | administrative-law agency-deference criminal-law guidelines-commentary judicial-interpretation regulatory-ambiguity sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether courts may defer to Sentencing Guidelines commentary without first determining that the underlying Guideline is genuinely ambiguous. 2. Wh… |
| 19-1149 | UPMC, et al. v. United States, ex rel. J. William Bookwalter, III, et al. | Third Circuit | 2020-03-19 | Denied | Amici (1)Response Waived | ambiguity civil-penalty civil-procedure false-claims-act knowledge knowledge-standard pleading-standard regulatory-ambiguity regulatory-provision scienter treble-damages | Whether a plaintiff plausibly alleges scienter—that a defendant knowingly submitted false claims—when the plaintiff does not allege any facts to sugge… |
| 18-1049 | Peter M. Hoffman, et al. v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-02-11 | Denied | Amici (3) | criminal-law-fraud criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-acquittal criminal-procedure-burden-of-proof criminal-procedure-sufficiency-of-evidence due-process evidence evidentiary-standard jackson-v-virginia judgment-of-acquittal mail-fraud prosecutorial-burden regulatory-ambiguity standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence wire-fraud | 1. Whether a federal court must grant a motion for judgment of acquittal when, construing the evidence in the light most favorable to the government, … |