small-business

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-954 Seville Industries, L.L.C. v. Small Business Administration, et al. Fifth Circuit 2026-02-11 Pending independent-contractor loan-forgiveness payroll-costs ppp-loan sba-interpretation small-business Whether payments to independent contractors can be considered 'payroll costs' under the Paycheck Protection Program's statutory definition
25-956 Veltor Underground, LLC v. Small Business Administration, et al. Sixth Circuit 2026-02-11 Pending covid-19-relief independent-contractors payroll-costs ppp-loan small-business statutory-interpretation Whether payments to independent contractors constitute 'payroll costs' under the Paycheck Protection Program for businesses with no W-2 employees
22-672 Northstar Wireless, LLC v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2023-01-20 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) administrative-law agency-penalty due-process fair-notice fcc small-business small-business-regulation spectrum-auction Whether imposing massive penalties without providing either clear ex ante guidance or a meaningful post hoc opportunity to cure satisfies the fair not…
21-1285 M & N Financing Corporation, et al. v. Department of Fair Employment and Housing California 2022-03-23 Denied Response Waived civil-rights civil-rights-statute constitutional-excessiveness eighth-amendment excessive-fines gender-discrimination penalty-damages small-business small-business-liability state-statute Is an award of more than $6 million in penalty damages against a small business and its owner unconstitutionally excessive, as a violation of the Eigh…
21-5116 In Re Jordan Powell 2021-07-15 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights disaster-relief due-process economic-injury-disaster-loan executive-authority national-security presidential-powers small-business small-business-administration standing Did the United States Small Business Administration fail to complete its statutory duty by arbitrarily avoiding the issuance of an Economic Injury Dis…
20-664 Artem M. Joukov v. Office of the State Attorney for the Second Judicial Circuit of Florida Florida 2020-11-13 Denied Response Waived administrative-action civil-rights due-process equal-protection florida-law small-business small-business-rights state-agency statutory-interpretation Does the Equal Protection Clause permit the State of Florida to discriminate against unincorporated small business owners that are unsuccessfully sued…
19-1198 CANVS Corporation v. Barbara M. Barrett, Secretary of the Air Force Federal Circuit 2020-04-06 Denied Response Waived administrative-law contract-law due-process government-contracts government-liability intellectual-property small-business small-business-innovation takings Can the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, an administrative panel, deprive a corporation of valuable intellectual property without due process…
19-464 Veterans Contracting Group, Inc. v. United States Federal Circuit 2019-10-08 Denied unlawful act by the agency is shielded from judic administrative-law agency-action civil-procedure due-process government-contracts judicial-review service-disabled-veterans small-business small-business-set-aside standing statutory-compliance va-procurement veterans-affairs veterans-contracts Whether agency action based on an earlier, unlawful act by the agency is shielded from judicial correction based on an individual employee's alleged l…
18-7925 Syed Nazim Ali v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied IFP arbitration arbitration-immunity civil-rights corporate-representation due-process fair-hearing finra-arbitration immunity legal-standing pro-se-representation small-business small-corporation sole-owner Whether FINRA Arbitration process violated the Petitioner's rights of due process of law by failing to be fair and using the arbitration immunity to s…