respondeat-superior
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-1091 | Davie County, North Carolina, et al. v. Juiliana Swink, Administratrix of the Estate of David Ray Gunter, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2026-03-17 | Pending | Response Waived | constitutional-torts governmental-entity healthcare-provider monell-liability respondeat-superior section-1983 | 1) Given the Supreme Court's decision in Monell , can a governmental entity be held liable, either under the doctrine of respondeat superior or the… |
| 25-7009 | James Daryl West v. Sabrina Schultz, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2026-03-11 | Pending | IFP | civil-rights prison-medical-care private-prisons qualified-immunity respondeat-superior section-1983 | Whether private prison medical providers are shielded from respondeat superior suits under Section 1983. |
| 25-607 | Miami Township Board of Trustees v. Roger Dean Gillispie, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2025-11-24 | Denied | Amici (2)Response Waived | civil-rights indemnification local-government respondeat-superior section-1983 supremacy-clause | Whether, as applied, Ohio Revised Code § 2744.07(B) violates the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution because it creates de facto respon… |
| 22-1240 | Nicolas Tashman v. Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | Eighth Circuit | 2023-06-27 | Denied | circuit-split civil-rights employment employment-discrimination respondeat-superior statutory-interpretation supreme-court tortious-acts | 42 U.S.C. § 1981 guarantees that "[a]ll persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory to… | |
| 21-1292 | S. Baxter Jones v. City of Detroit, Michigan | Sixth Circuit | 2022-03-24 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination public-entity rehabilitation-act respondeat-superior standing vicarious-liability | Whether a public entity can be vicariously liable under a theory of respondeat superior for its employees' violations of Title II of the Americans wit… |
| 21-790 | Bradford Disney Lund v. David J. Cowan, Judge, Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-11-29 | Denied | Response Waived | 42-usc-1983 ada civil-rights declaratory-relief judicial-immunity ninth-circuit respondeat-superior section-1983 title-ii-ada | 1. Whether this Court should grant Certiorari to review the Ninth Circuit's holdings that because of Judge Cowan's judicial immunity, the doctrine of … |
| 20-1578 | William A. Graven v. Arizona | Ninth Circuit | 2021-05-14 | Denied | Response Waived | 11th-amendment civil-rights criminal-acts due-process qualified-immunity respondeat-superior service-of-process sovereign-immunity state-official-immunity state-officials | It is long settled that a Complaint against State Officials is not a Complaint against the State, but that it is in-fact against the Officials, e.g., … |
| 20-465 | Young County, Texas, et al. v. Nichole Sanchez, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2020-10-09 | Denied | Amici (1)Response Waived | 42-usc-1983 bell-v-wolfish civil-rights conditions-of-confinement judicial-management monell-v-dept-of-soc-servs municipal-liability pretrial-detainee respondeat-superior section-1983 | In Monell v. Dep't of Soc. Servs. and subsequent precedent, the Court articulated stringent requirements for imposing liability on municipalities unde… |
| 19-6285 | Linh Thi Minh Tran v. Stan the Hot Water Man | Oregon | 2019-10-17 | Denied | IFP | civil-procedure employer-liability intentional-torts material-fact material-facts property-damage respondeat-superior scope-of-employment summary-judgment tortious-conduct | 1. Did the trial court Multnomah County Circuit Court State of Oregon error in ruling that as a matter of law when there exists disputed genuine issue… |
| 18-9351 | Craig Bassett v. Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-05-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights congressional-act court-rule due-process federal-courts federal-law respondeat-superior section-1983 separation-of-powers standing state-law statutory-interpretation | Can a rule of court contradict an act of congress without violating due process of law guarantees? Can 42 U.S.0 Sect. 1983 be used to resolve the con… |