regulatory-interpretation

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24-1074 Entergy Arkansas, LLC v. Doyle Webb, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the Arkansas Public Service Commission, et al. Eighth Circuit 2025-04-14 Denied Amici (4) administrative-law agency-order federal-preemption judicial-review regulatory-interpretation wholesale-tariff Whether the preemptive effect of a federal agency's order is an issue for courts to decide and cannot be controlled by the agency's opinion, or lack o…
24A397 Jake's Fireworks, Inc. v. Consumer Product Safety Commission, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-10-23 Presumed Complete administrative-procedure-act agency-action consumer-product-safety final-agency-action judicial-review regulatory-interpretation Whether a Notice of Non-Compliance from an administrative agency constitutes a 'final agency action' subject to judicial review under the Administrati…
24-349 San Carlos Apache Tribe v. Arizona, et al. Arizona 2024-09-27 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived administrative-law clean-water-act environmental-law mining-permit regulatory-interpretation water-pollution Did the Arizona Supreme Court err in its interpretation of new source performance standards for copper mine discharge permits by using a 'material con…
23-1195 Brad Johnson v. PennyMac Loan Services, LLC North Carolina 2024-05-06 Denied Response Waived chevron-doctrine due-process force-placed-insurance property-rights regulatory-interpretation servicer-prohibitions statutory-construction takings-clause Did the North Carolina Court of Appeals commit reversible error in interpreting 12 C.F.R. § 1024.37(b) and ignoring 12 C.F.R. § 1024.37(a)(1) and 12 U…
23-6855 William B. Hungerford, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-deference administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation criminal-prosecution due-process EB-5-investment-program fifth-circuit regulatory-interpretation regulatory-scheme standing Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in its affirmance of Petitioner William Hungerford's conviction by failing to properly account for the devastating har…
23-6746 Alexander Isaiah Perez v. Sandra Hijar, Warden Fifth Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-deference agency-discretion civil-rights due-process judicial-review notice-and-comment procedural-due-process regulatory-interpretation standing statutory-interpretation Did the district court's dismissal of the Petitioner's § 2241 petition, without opportunity to amend, violate the meaning and scope of the rule?
23-6500 Jimmy Lee Smart v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-interpretation auer-deference circuit-conflict criminal-sentencing federal-agencies judicial-deference kisor-standard regulatory-interpretation 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…
23-693 Yi-Chi Shih, aka Yugi Shi, aka Yichi Shih v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-12-27 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure deference export-controls regulatory-interpretation skidmore-deference technical-regulations Whether district courts may give Skidmore deference to an agency's interpretation of its own technical regulations when offered by one of its represen…
23-551 GMS Mine Repair v. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2023-11-22 Denied administrative-law auer-deference chevron-deference chevron-doctrine circuit-court-conflict civil-procedure judicial-review regulatory-interpretation statutory-interpretation Whether the Court should overrule Kisor or clarify that the 'traditional tools' of construction must be used to dispel ambiguity in a regulation, rath…
22-1219 Relentless, Inc., et al. v. Department of Commerce, et al. First Circuit 2023-06-16 Judgment Issued Amici (14)Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-deference agency-power chevron chevron-deference federal-observers fishery-management magnuson-stevens-act marine-fisheries regulatory-interpretation statutory-interpretation Whether the Court should overrule Chevron or at least clarify that statutory silence concerning controversial powers expressly but narrowly granted el…
22-1118 Cody Adams, et al. v. United States Federal Circuit 2023-05-16 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) civil-rights due-process federal-employees federal-employment hazardous-duty-pay proximity-exposure regulatory-interpretation statutory-entitlement statutory-interpretation virulent-biologicals Whether federal employees who work in close proximity to individuals infected with virulent biologicals are entitled to hazardous duty pay under the r…
22-262 Berkley V. Walker v. BOKF, National Association, dba Bank of Albuquerque, N.A. Tenth Circuit 2022-09-20 Denied Response Waived 12-cfr-7.4001 administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation auer-deference judicial-review national-bank-act overdraft-fees regulatory-interpretation statutory-interpretation Whether extended overdraft fees are 'interest' under the National Bank Act
22-120 Suntree Pharmacy, et al. v. Drug Enforcement Administration Eleventh Circuit 2022-08-09 Denied Response Waived administrative-deference administrative-law controlled-substances dea dea-registration deference legitimate-medical-purpose medical-purpose prescription prescription-filling regulatory-interpretation Whether a pharmacy violates its corresponding responsibility under 21 C.F.R. § 1306.04(a) and knowingly fills a prescription for a controlled substanc…
22-90 NGL Supply Wholesale, L.L.C. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2022-07-29 Denied Amici (1) administrative-law agency-deference auer-deference chevron-deference federal-energy-regulatory-commission judicial-review precedent-analysis regulatory-interpretation statutory-interpretation Did the D.C. Circuit err in deferring to FERC's interpretation of its own precedent?
22-54 William A. Goddard v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit 2022-07-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law agency-deference irs-regulations kisor-v-wilkie partnership-audits partnership-election regulatory-interpretation tax-interpretation tax-procedure tefra tefra-audit Whether a court can give deference to an agency's regulatory interpretation without considering the limitations on agency deference set out in Kisor v…
21-984 Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., et al. v. Michael J. Hewitt Fifth Circuit 2022-01-11 Judgment Issued Amici (11)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 000 each year is entitled to overtime pay because daily-rate-compensation executive-duties fair-labor-standards-act highly-compensated-employee highly-compensated-employees overtime-exemption overtime-pay regulatory-exemption regulatory-interpretation salary-basis Whether a supervisor making over $200,000 each year is entitled to overtime pay
21-642 Jehu Hand v. United States First Circuit 2021-11-02 Denied Response Waived criminal-liability disclosure-requirements hype regulatory-interpretation resale-of-shares rule-10b-5 securities-exchange-act securities-law stock-fraud stock-price-crash total-mix-of-information Can criminal liability under Securities Exchange Act Rule 10b-5 lie when the 'total mix' of information includes a warning that the public disclosure …
21-528 Willie H. Goffney, Jr., et al. v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services Ninth Circuit 2021-10-08 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-interpretation civil-procedure due-process judicial-review medicare medicare-claims regulatory-deference regulatory-interpretation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the regulatory deference test set forth in Auer v. Robbins and Kisor v. Wilkie should be retired or revised to allow courts to interpret admin…
21-465 James L. Kisor v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-09-28 Denied administrative-law disability-benefits federal-circuit post-traumatic-stress-disorder pro-veteran-canon regulatory-interpretation service-records statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits Whether the term 'relevant official service department records' in 38 C.F.R. § 3.156(c)(1)'s 'reconsideration' provision encompasses all records that …
21-5186 Mihran Melkonyan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law auer-deference circuit-split deference federal-courts judicial-interpretation regulatory-interpretation sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Auer deference applies to the Sentencing Guidelines
20-914 TNT Crane & Rigging, Inc. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived construction-safety construction-site controlling-entity crane-operation crane-operator ground-conditions osha osha-regulation regulatory-interpretation tort-liability Whether 29 C.F.R. §1926.1402(b) imposes a duty on crane-operators
20-6178 William Scott Davis, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights criminal-liability design-standard due-process evidence-tampering family-rights government-overreach privacy product-liability regulatory-interpretation statutory-authorization Whether the right to marry, have children, and raise a family free from unwarranted invasion of familial privacy and confidentiality is protected unde…
20-563 Harris County, Texas v. PRSI Trading, LLC Texas 2020-10-29 Denied Response Waived administrative-agency auer-deference customs-and-border-patrol customs-border-patrol foreign-trade-zones issue-preclusion property-tax regulatory-interpretation tax-exemption Whether the Texas Supreme Court erred in failing to follow the findings of CBP in its Headquarters Ruling Letters in holding that the foreign trade su…
19-815 Lisa M. Phoenix v. Regions Bank Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied applicant-definition circuit-conflict consumer-financial-protection-bureau credit-discrimination discrimination equal-credit-opportunity-act federal-reserve-board federal-reserve-system guarantors regulatory-interpretation Whether the regulations issued by the Board and the CFPB permissibly construe the 'applicants' protected from discrimination by ECOA to encompass guar…
19-6018 Joey Little v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-authority congressional-oversight criminal-law judicial-review magazine-based-enhancement regulatory-interpretation sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-2k2.1 statutory-construction statutory-interpretation u.s-sentencing-commission unlawful-exercise Whether Application Note 2 of the commentary to U.S. Sentencing Guideline § 2K2.1 represents an unlawful exercise of agency authority by the U.S. Sent…
19-295 Barbara Fawcett v. Citizens Bank, N.A. First Circuit 2019-09-04 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-guidance agency-interpretation auer-deference fair-and-considered-judgment judicial-review kisor-v-wilkie regulatory-construction regulatory-interpretation skidmore-deference statutory-construction Whether the court of appeals improperly afforded Auer deference to a federal agency's informal interpretation of a regulation
19-271 Catherine Stouffer, et al. v. Union Pacific Railroad Company Texas 2019-08-30 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference federal-agency-deference federal-highway-administration federal-preemption federal-railroad-administration federal-regulations railroad-safety regulatory-interpretation state-federal-agreement state-law-claims state-railroad-agreement state-railroad-agreements warning-time Should FRA regulations be interpreted in concert with FHWA regulations to enforce safety standards in 'State-railroad agreements,' rather than 'suppla…
18-1381 Supply Pro Sorbents, LLC v. RingCentral, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response Waived advertising-space circuit-split commercial-availability fax-advertisement fcc-commentary incidental-advertisement ninth-circuit regulatory-interpretation seventh-circuit standing statutory-interpretation telephone-consumer-protection-act Whether an 'incidental fax advertisement' is exempt from the Telephone Consumer Protection Act's definition of a 'fax advertisement'
18-15 James L. Kisor v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2018-07-02 Judgment Issued Amici (33) administrative-law agency-deference ambiguous-regulation civil-procedure due-process judicial-review regulatory-interpretation retroactive-benefits statutory-interpretation substantive-canons veterans-benefits Whether the Court should overrule Auer and Seminole Rock