| 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… |