| 25-6172 |
Quantell Williams v. Austin J. Robinson, et al. |
Florida |
2025-11-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
due-process fourteenth-amendment pro-se-filing psychiatric-duress settlement state-court |
Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause is violated when a state court enforces a settlement entered over a litigant's explicit objectio… |
| 24A728 |
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., et al. v. Skot Heckman, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-24 |
Presumed Complete |
|
antitrust class-action consumer-protection due-process settlement ticket-sales |
Whether a class action settlement involving Ticketmaster and Live Nation violated due process or consumer protection standards by allegedly failing to… |
| 24-197 |
Rose Izzo v. AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., et al. |
Delaware |
2024-08-22 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
14th-amendment Can the Third Circuit disobey the Supreme Court's class-action disability-rights due-process educational-placement individuals-with-disabilities-education-act opt-out
24-196" opt-out-rights settlement stay-put-provision stockholder-rights supreme-court-precedent third-circuit-ruling |
Does the due process clause of the 14th Amendment require courts to give objecting stockholders the right to opt-out in a monetary settlement of a cla… |
| 24-68 |
Jian Wang, aka James Wang v. International Business Machines Corporation |
Second Circuit |
2024-07-22 |
Denied |
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americans-with-disabilities-act attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights communication-barrier due-process interpreter legal-ethics legal-misrepresentation settlement settlement-dispute sign-language-interpretation |
Whether $207,500 should be corrected to $207 million in the settlement term plus interest because effective and clear communication between attorneys … |
| 23-7531 |
Tiffany P. Range v. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-05-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights discrimination hostile-work-environment legal-representation pro-se settlement sexual-harassment standing |
How can I settle out with the courts or negotiate an agreement to be made whole? |
| 23-1163 |
David G. Behenna v. Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-04-29 |
Denied |
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attorney-fees civil-rights class-action common-benefit-fund due-process legal-method lodestar-method reasonable-attorney-fee reasonable-compensation settlement |
When determining a reasonable attorney's fee in a class action settlement with a common benefit fund, are district courts required to apply the lodest… |
| 23-6812 |
Niki Hamidi v. Ike M. Iqbal |
California |
2024-02-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
collusion duty estate estate-protection executor-duty fraud fraud-prevention paternity-claim probate-court settlement settlement-challenge |
Whether the probate court has a duty to protect an estate against fraud? |
| 23-6519 |
Tonette L. Vazquez v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review mediation remand settlement |
Whether the district court erred in approving the proposed settlement of $50,000 through mediation |
| 23-626 |
Elon Musk v. Securities and Exchange Commission |
Second Circuit |
2023-12-11 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech government-action sec-enforcement settlement settlement-agreement standing unconstitutional-conditions |
Whether a party's acceptance of a benefit prevents that party from contending that the government violated the unconstitutional conditions doctrine in… |
| 23-181 |
Patricia L. Harrison v. South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-08-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure dismissal district-court-discretion federal-court-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-standards rule-11-sanctions sanctions settlement sua-sponte-sanctions |
Did the district court abuse its discretion by sanctioning Petitioner sua sponte pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 11 after settlement… |
| 22-253 |
Christine Chui v. Benjamin Tze-Man Chui, et al. |
California |
2022-09-19 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing government-action guardianship judicial-procedure property-rights settlement settlement-binding |
Whether government can deprive real properties from parties without due process |
| 22-5481 |
Helen Ferguson v. Gettel Management Group |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-08-31 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
11th-circuit civil-procedure civil-rights due-process settlement standing |
Whether the petitioner's civil rights were violated and whether the petitioner is entitled to a settlement payout based on the supporting documents fi… |
| 22-5008 |
Anthony A. Patel v. Sonya Bhatia |
California |
2022-06-30 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure court-authority due-process judicial-authority judicial-discretion martial-law settlement settlement-agreement sua-sponte-sanctions vexatious-litigant |
Whether courts can impose sua sponte punishments against litigants in cases already settled |
| 21-1303 |
Abigail Walsh, et al. v. Amy Cohen, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, et al. |
First Circuit |
2022-03-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights class-action constitutional-rights due-process notice procedural-fairness rule-23 settlement settlement-revocation |
Does the Constitutional Due Process driven analysis set forth in Rule 23 have exceptions? |
| 21-1064 |
Louisiana Public Service Commission v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
District of Columbia |
2022-02-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law administrative-procedure contract energy energy-law ferc ferc-regulation judicial-review mobile-sierra-doctrine settlement settlement-contract tariff-interpretation |
When may FERC and a court interpret a tariff inconsistently with a settlement contract and utility filing letter? |
| 21-6981 |
In Re Benny David Gibson |
|
2022-01-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-review court-jurisdiction default-judgment dismissal due-process judicial-procedure legal-rights procedural-dismissal settlement standing |
Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's case without prejudice |
| 21-638 |
David R. Watkins, et al. v. Brian F. Spector, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-11-01 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
civil-procedure class-action data-breach due-process ex-parte judicial-procedure legal-ethics settlement settlement-agreement state-law-claims |
Whether it violates due-process for a district-court to adopt verbatim a final-opinion on discretionary-matters ghostwritten by a prevailing-party's l… |
| 21-464 |
Ohio, ex rel. Robert Merrill, Trustee, et al. v. Ohio Department of Natural Resources, et al. |
Ohio |
2021-09-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure class-action constitutional-rights due-process notice property-rights settlement takings |
Whether the failure of a state court to provide individual notice to readily identifiable class members in a class action settlement of a case asserti… |
| 21-385 |
Drasc, Inc., et al. v. Navistar International Corporation, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-09-09 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-procedure class-action due-process excusable-neglect opt-out reasonable-indication settlement |
Does an unnamed class member who provides reasonable indication of its intent to opt out sufficiently opt out, or must the class member rigidly adhere… |
| 21-270 |
BNSF Railway Company v. Robert Dannels |
Montana |
2021-08-25 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
federal-employers-liability-act non-frivolous-defenses preemption railroad-liability settlement settlement-obligations state-law-claims state-law-duties unfair-settlement-practices uniform-federal-framework |
Whether FELA preempts state-law duties that require a defendant to settle and pay FELA claims even when the defendant has non-frivolous defenses to li… |
| 20-8214 |
Warren D. Tisdale v. CASA Partners V, L.P. The Park at Winterset, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-06-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights discovery discovery-rights due-process interrogatories jury-trial magistrate-referral settlement sixth-amendment |
Whether Petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial was violated |
| 20-1142 |
Atlantic Richfield Company v. Asarco LLC |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-22 |
Dismissed |
Response RequestedResponse Waived |
bankruptcy cercla contribution contribution-claim environmental-liability judicial-settlement liability response-action settlement statutory-interpretation |
Whether a judicially approved settlement that conclusively determines a party's obligation to perform response actions 'resolves its liability' for 's… |
| 20-492 |
Charles D. Gonzalez, et al. v. Elna Sefcovic, LLC, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-10-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
adequate-representation civil-procedure class-action federal-rules-of-civil-procedure inadequate-representation intra-class-conflict release rule-23 settlement settlement-approval |
Whether the district court and the court of appeals improperly applied obsolete standards for approval of settlement class actions under prior caselaw… |
| 19-1411 |
Barry L. Rupert, et al. v. Ralph S. Janvey, as Receiver for Stanford Receivership Estate, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-06-24 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
article-iii article-iii-standing civil-procedure federal-court-jurisdiction non-receivership-entities ponzi-scheme receivership receivership-estate settlement settlement-bar standing third-party-claims |
Whether Article III standing limits receivers to bringing claims that are coextensive with the receivership estate and precludes receivers from bringi… |
| 19-1366 |
Shiyang Huang v. Valeska Schultz, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-06-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
article-iii-standing civil-procedure class-action due-process in-personam-claims monetary-relief rule-23 rules-enabling-act settlement standing |
Whether unnamed class members under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 must have Article III standing for class certification |
| 19-790 |
Juan A. Martin-de-Nicolas v. AAA Texas County Mutual Insurance Company |
Texas |
2019-12-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
automobile-liability-insurance civil-procedure duty-to-settle insurance insurance-duty insurance-law legal-liability liability negligence negligence-standard policyholder-negligence policyholder-rights settlement settlement-obligation third-party-claims |
Do automobile liability insurers have a duty not-to-settle third-party claims, when it becomes reasonably clear that the peril insured against—policyh… |
| 19-739 |
Julius Barbour, et al. v. Halliburton Company, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-11 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights class-action class-action-settlement-notice class-action-settlement-notice,due-process,hisen-v class-member-compensation compensation due-process hisen-v-carlisle-jacquelin judicial-discretion notice notice-requirement post-settlement-requirements procedural-fairness procedural-order settlement settlement-procedure |
Whether class members received constitutionally adequate notice under Hisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin |
| 19-539 |
Office of Recovery Services v. John R. Latham |
Utah |
2019-10-24 |
Denied |
|
ark-dept-of-health-v-ahlborn civil-litigation future-medical-expenses liens medicaid-reimbursement medical-expenses past-medical-expenses settlement settlement-allocation state-recovery third-party-liability third-party-tort third-party-tortfeasor |
Whether a State may seek reimbursement for its medical expenses from the portion of a settlement that represents all medical expenses—past and future—… |
| 18-1074 |
Brian Perryman v. Josue Romero, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-15 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-procedure civil-rights class-action class-action-settlement class-counsel cy-pres cy-pres-award due-process fair-reasonable-adequate fairness-standard fees rule-23 settlement settlement-scrutiny |
Whether the cy pres award that provides no direct relief or benefit to class members comports with the Rule 23(e) requirement that a settlement bindin… |
| 18-7791 |
Joyce Ann Smith v. City of Princeton, Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
case-dismissal civil-mediation civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal district-court due-process magistrate-judge mediation procedural-review reconsideration settlement settlement-dispute standing towing |
Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims |
| 18-808 |
Kirk E. Webster v. Patrick M. Shanahan, Acting Secretary of Defense |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-12-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights due-process intelligence-agency retaliation settlement whistleblower |
Whether a settlement agreement should be rendered legally invalid if coerced by a discriminating management official |
| 18-151 |
Alfred J. Petit-Clair, et al. v. Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-08-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure civil-procedure,standing,due-process,tort,dismissa civil-procedure,standing,tort-claims,individual-de civil-rights district-court due-process municipal-defendant settlement settlement-enforcement standing third-circuit tort tort-claims |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit erred in affirming the District Court's dismissal of tort claims against an individual defenda… |