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25-495 The Boeing Company v. Southwest Airline Pilots Association, on Behalf of Itself and its Members Texas 2025-10-22 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) airline-industry collective-bargaining-agreement preemption railway-labor-act state-law-claims third-party-liability Whether the Railway Labor Act preempts state-law claims against a third party that cannot be resolved without interpreting a collective bargaining agr…
25-452 UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company, a Connecticut Corporation, et al. v. Fremont Emergency Services (Mandavia), Ltd., a Nevada Professional Corporation, et al. Nevada 2025-10-15 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived erisa-preemption health-plan-administration out-of-network-care plan-reimbursement state-law-claims unjust-enrichment Whether ERISA § 514 preempts a claim asserting that the administrator of an ERISA-governed health plan was required by state law to reimburse out-of-n…
25-257 Wells Pharma of Houston, L.L.C. v. Zyla Life Sciences, L.L.C. Fifth Circuit 2025-09-04 Pending CVSGAmici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) consumer-protection drug-marketing fdca-preemption outsourcing-facilities premarket-approval state-law-claims Whether the FDCA preempts private state-law unfair competition and consumer protection claims premised on the marketing of compounded drugs without pr…
25-170 Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc., et al. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, et al. Colorado 2025-08-12 Pending Amici (14)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6) climate-change federal-law greenhouse-gas-emissions international-emissions interstate-emissions state-law-claims Whether federal law precludes state-law claims seeking relief for injuries allegedly caused by the effects of interstate and international greenhouse-…
24-911 Shlomo Rechnitz, et al. v. Nancy Hearden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-02-24 Denied Response Waived complete-preemption covered-persons federal-removal prep-act public-health-emergency state-law-claims Does the PREP Act completely preempt state-law claims against a covered person relating to the administration or use of a covered countermeasure, such…
24-512 Ghassan Korban, in His Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans v. Watson Memorial Spiritual Temple of Christ, dba Watson Memorial Teaching Ministries, et al. Louisiana 2024-11-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) common-core-facts federal-judgment preclusion procedural-posture res-judicata state-law-claims Is a prior federal judgment res judicata as to state-law claims in a subsequent state or federal court action that arise from a common core of facts a…
24A212 Innovative Fibers LLC, et al. v. Parker O'Neil Wideman, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-08-27 Presumed Complete diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction federalism state-law-claims subject-matter-jurisdiction workers-compensation Whether federal courts sitting in diversity jurisdiction may entertain state law workers' compensation claims that a state legislature has mandated mu…
24A89 Monsanto Company v. John D. Carson Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-25 Presumed Complete epa-approval failure-to-warn fifra labeling preemption state-law-claims Whether the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) preempts state-law failure-to-warn claims challenging the labeling of EPA-appr…
24-80 Eliezer Taveras v. U.S. Bank National Association, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-25 Denied claim-splitting due-process federal-jurisdiction procedural-removal removal rooker-feldman state-law state-law-claims Does the removal of a case from state to federal court, under allegations of fraudulent procedural conduct by the defendants and when the principal cl…
23-947 Sunoco LP, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, et al. Hawaii 2024-03-01 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) civil-procedure climate-change environmental-law federal-preemption greenhouse-gas greenhouse-gas-emissions interstate-emissions standing state-law state-law-claims Whether federal law precludes state-law claims seeking redress for injuries allegedly caused by the effects of interstate and international greenhouse…
23-919 Kristin DiCroce v. McNeil Nutritionals, LLC, et al. First Circuit 2024-02-26 Denied Response Waived buckman-ruling buckman-v-plaintiffs-legal-committee circuit-court-interpretation federal-food-drug-cosmetic-act federal-preemption implied-preemption medtronic-precedent medtronic-v-lohr state-law-causes-of-action state-law-claims statutory-interpretation Whether state law claims based on violating the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act are impliedly preempted
23-785 PHH Mortgage Corporation v. Mark Anthony Guthrie Fourth Circuit 2024-01-22 Denied Amici (4) bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-court civil-contempt debt-collection discharge-injunction federal-preemption preemption state-law-claims uniform-federal-law Whether the Bankruptcy Code preempts state-law claims premised on alleged efforts to collect a debt in violation of the bankruptcy court's discharge i…
23A651 Sunoco LP, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, et al. Hawaii 2024-01-16 Presumed Complete clean-air-act climate-change federal-common-law interstate-emissions personal-jurisdiction state-law-claims Whether federal common law or state law governs climate-change tort claims seeking redress for interstate greenhouse gas emissions after the Clean Air…
23A518 PHH Mortgage Corporation v. Mark Anthony Guthrie Fourth Circuit 2023-12-07 Presumed Complete bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-discharge debt-collection discharge-injunction preemption state-law-claims Whether the Bankruptcy Code preempts state-law causes of action based on a creditor's efforts to collect debt that has been discharged in bankruptcy
23A451 Lyft, Inc. v. Million Seifu California 2023-11-20 Presumed Complete arbitration-agreement federal-arbitration-act paga-claims preemption state-law-claims viking-river-cruises Whether state courts can circumvent the Supreme Court's Viking River Cruises decision by refusing to dismiss non-individual Private Attorneys General …
23-293 Pomona Healthcare and Wellness Center, dba Park Avenue Healthcare and Wellness Center v. Brenda Thomas, Individually and as Heir and Successor in Interest to Larry Charles Jackson Ninth Circuit 2023-09-22 Denied Response Waived complete-preemption covered-countermeasure federal-jurisdiction federal-removal PREP-Act public-health-emergency state-law-claims willful-misconduct Does the PREP Act completely preempt state-law claims against a covered person relating to the administration or use of a covered countermeasure, such…
23-168 American Petroleum Institute, et al. v. Minnesota Eighth Circuit 2023-08-22 Denied Amici (5)Relisted (3) civil-rights climate-change climate-change-litigation due-process federal-common-law federal-jurisdiction federal-question-jurisdiction interstate-emissions removal-jurisdiction standing state-law-claims Whether a federal district court has removal jurisdiction over putative state-law claims seeking redress for injuries allegedly caused by the effect o…
23-163 Blue Flame Medical LLC v. Chain Bridge Bank, N.A., et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-08-21 Denied Response Waived federal-preemption federal-reserve fedwire-funds-service field-preemption interbank-payment regulation-j state-law-claims uniform-commercial-code wire-transfer Whether petitioner's state-law claims challenging the unauthorized wire transfer of over $456 million from its account are preempted by the Federal Re…
22-1180 Shire U.S., Inc., et al. v. Mark Blackburn Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-07 Denied Amici (1) drug-labeling fda-preapproval FDA-regulations federal-preemption pliva-v-mensing preemption prescription-drugs state-law-claim state-law-claims unilateral-change unilateral-label-changes Whether a state-law claim is preempted if it places a duty on a drug manufacturer to unilaterally change FDA-approved language that appears in the Hig…
22-914 Stanley Waleski v. Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP, et al. Second Circuit 2023-03-20 Denied Relisted (5) circuit-split civil-procedure federal-courts federal-jurisdiction hypothetical-jurisdiction judicial-domain standing state-law-claims steel-co-v-citizens-for-a-better-env't subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a federal court may assume 'hypothetical' subject matter jurisdiction to reach a decision on issues of state law against the party challenging…
22-821 Chevron Corporation, et al. v. City of Hoboken, New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2023-03-01 Denied civil-rights climate-change federal-jurisdiction greenhouse-gas-emissions preemption standing state-law-claims statutory-interpretation transboundary-injury Whether a federal district court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 over nominally state-law claims seeking redress for injuries allegedly caused…
22-761 Todd Bowers v. International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, AFL-CIO Fourth Circuit 2023-02-13 Denied due-process federal-question-jurisdiction labor-management-relations-act motion-to-remand notice-of-removal preemption removal state-law-claims Whether district court properly maintained federal question jurisdiction
22-524 Shell Oil Products Co., L.L.C., et al. v. Rhode Island First Circuit 2022-12-06 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) climate-change federal-common-law federal-jurisdiction greenhouse-gas-emissions preemption public-nuisance removal state-law-claims subject-matter-jurisdiction transboundary-harm Whether federal district court has jurisdiction over state-law claims for injuries caused by transboundary greenhouse gas emissions
22-495 Chevron Corporation, et al. v. San Mateo County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-11-28 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) civil-procedure climate-change climate-injury federal-jurisdiction greenhouse-gas-emissions preemption standing state-law-claims statutory-interpretation transboundary-impact Whether a federal district court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 over nominally state-law claims
22-455 Tyson Foods, Inc., et al. v. Rolandette Glenn, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-11-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) covid-19-pandemic executive-order federal-direction federal-officer-removal federal-supervision food-supply national-emergency national-food-supply state-court-removal state-law-claims Whether a private actor that assists the federal government in securing the national food supply during a national emergency, under extensive federal …
22-221 Jose Mendoza, Jr. v. Amalgamated Transit Union International, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-09-09 Denied Response Waived collective-bargaining collective-bargaining-agreements federal-forum labor-management-relations-act labor-management-reporting-and-disclosure-act preemption state-law-claims state-law-preemption union-constitution union-constitutions union-governance Does § 301 of the LMRA completely preempt state law claims and remedies by union members against their unions to enforce union constitutions despite t…
22-192 Glenhaven Healthcare LLC, et al. v. Jackie Saldana, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-08-31 Denied Amici (2) complete-preemption covered-countermeasure federal-jurisdiction federal-removal PREP-Act public-health-emergency state-law-claims willful-misconduct Does the PREP Act completely preempt state-law claims against a covered person relating to the administration or use of a covered countermeasure, such…
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…
21-270 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…
21-241 Monsanto Company v. Edwin Hardeman Ninth Circuit 2021-08-18 Denied CVSGAmici (8)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) daubert-standard epa-approval expert-testimony failure-to-warn federal-insecticide-fungicide-and-rodenticide-act fifra-preemption herbicide-regulation preemption state-law-claims Whether FIFRA preempts a state-law failure-to-warn claim
21-5033 Relonzo Phillips v. Melody M. Maddox, Sheriff, Dekalb County, Georgia Georgia 2021-07-08 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-economy malicious-prosecution patent pendent-jurisdiction qualified-immunity standing state-law-claims summary-judgment takings Whether the lower court erred in its application of the legal standards for standing, due-process, civil-rights, takings, patent, civil-procedure
20-1744 Google, Inc., et al. v. John Doe, et al. California 2021-06-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure federal-preemption labor-relations national-labor-relations-act nlra-jurisdiction penalties preemption state-law-claims statutory-preemption Whether the National Labor Relations Act preempts a state-law claim for penalties based on the same conduct that formed the basis of relief under the …
20-1676 Public Watchdogs v. Southern California Edison Company, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-06-02 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights due-process hobbs-act nrc-licensees nuclear-power nuclear-waste price-anderson-act regulatory-authority state-law-claims subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Hobbs Act deprives a federal district court of subject matter jurisdiction over state law and Price-Anderson Act claims asserted by a priv…
20-1572 Ramon D. Johnson, II v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-05-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) brand-name-liability brand-name-manufacturer FDA-approval generic-drug generic-drug-liability label-defect leave-to-amend preemption product-liability state-law-claims texas-presumption-of-no-liability unapproved-indication Whether a brand name drug manufacturer can be held liable for the defective label of a generic drug product
20-339 Jason Winer v. Coralys Negron, et al. Second Circuit 2020-09-16 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure consumer-protection creditor-definition creditor-status de-facto-dealer district-court-jurisdiction state-law-claims Supplemental-jurisdiction unfair-trade-practices No question identified
20-152 Anastasia Wullschleger, et al. v. Royal Canin U.S.A., Inc., et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-08-13 Denied appellate-jurisdiction class-action fake-products federal-question federal-question-jurisdiction jurisdictional-interpretation legal-procedure marketing state-law-claims subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the court of appeals erred in finding federal question jurisdiction over a state-law class action complaint alleging marketing of fake pet foo…
20-5094 Anita Laux v. Mentor Worldwide, LLC Ninth Circuit 2020-07-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP cgmps circuit-split current-good-manufacturing-practices federal-requirements food-drug-cosmetic-act medical-device medical-device-preemption parallel-claims preemption state-law-claims twombly-iqbal Whether state-law claims against a medical device manufacturer are preempted
19-8320 Quintez Talley v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2020-04-21 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines federal-claims pleading-standards prisoner-rights pro-se-plaintiff state-law-claims supplemental-jurisdiction Whether the party seeking to raise the possessory evidence privilege has an absolute evidentiary privilege
19-1144 Michael McCarron v. DeCarlo & Shanley, P.C. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-procedure erisa erisa-preemption fiduciary-duty labor-law labor-union legal-advice legal-malpractice preemption professional-misconduct standing state-law-claims Does ERISA preempt state law claims against a law firm for providing improper legal advice to a labor union official?
19-733 Metro-North Commuter Railroad Co. v. Jamey Murphy Connecticut 2019-12-10 Denied Response Waived federal-railroad-safety-act passenger-platform preemption state-law-claim state-law-claims track-conditions track-safety train-speed transportation-regulation Does the Federal Railroad Safety Act preempt a state-law claim that a train may not travel on a track next to a passenger platform at the operating sp…
19-490 Jonathan S. Metcalf v. Michael Fitzgerald, et al. Connecticut 2019-10-15 Denied adversary-proceeding adversary-proceedings bankruptcy bankruptcy-code civil-procedure federalism judicial-interpretation legal-claims preemption standing state-law state-law-claims vexatious-litigation Does the Bankruptcy Code preempt state-law vexatious-litigation claims arising from adversary actions in bankruptcy proceedings?
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…
19-77 Caring For Montanans, Inc., et al. v. The Depot, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-07-16 Denied Response Waived circuit-split conflict-preemption connection-with employee-benefits employer-liability enforcement-remedy enforcement-scheme erisa-preemption express-preemption insurance insurance-misrepresentation misrepresentation plan-terms reference-to state-law-claims Does ERISA preempt state-law claims alleging that an insurer's misrepresentations about an ERISA plan's terms induced an employer to create the plan?
18-1592 Allstate Insurance Company v. Daniel Rivera, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) article-iii article-iii-standing civil-procedure defamation fair-credit-reporting-act fcra federal-jurisdiction standing state-law-claims supplemental-jurisdiction trial-court-discretion Whether a federal court may exercise supplemental jurisdiction over state-law claims when it determines after trial that a plaintiff lacks standing to…
18-628 Rebekah Cooper, as Administrator of the Estate of Jason Cooper, Deceased v. Ehtsham Haq, et al. Alabama 2018-11-14 Denied civil-procedure federal-question medical-malpractice state-law-claims statute-of-limitations supplemental-jurisdiction tolling tolling-provision wrongful-death Are the state-law periods of limitation for Alabama wrongful-death and medical-malpractice claims immune from the tolling provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 13…
18-579 Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. Judy Schurke, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-02 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) arbitration-requirement civil-procedure collective-bargaining collective-bargaining-agreement federal-jurisdiction labor-management-relations-act labor-preemption labor-relations ninth-circuit-ruling preemption railway-labor-act state-law-claim state-law-claims Whether federal courts lack authority to inquire into the nature and scope of an alleged state law claim in determining whether resolution of that cla…
18-499 Mark Griffioen, et al. v. Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railways Company, et al. Iowa 2018-10-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) alternative-remedy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-preemption federal-railroad-safety-act federal-remedy interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-commission-termination-act preemption preemption-under-iccta public-safety rail-transportation savings-clause state-law state-law-claims takings Whether the Iowa Supreme Court erred in holding that state laws of general application addressing primarily public safety issues and with only an inci…
18-449 Pharmavite LLC v. Noah Bradach Ninth Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied Response Waived class-action class-certification class-members federal-preemption federal-statute individual-inquiry preemption state-law-claims supremacy-clause Is it a violation of the Supremacy Clause for a federal court to certify a class that includes class members asserting state law claims that are expre…
18-419 Len Boogaard, et ux., as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Derek Boogaard, Deceased v. National Hockey League, et al. Seventh Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights federal-jurisdiction forfeiture judicial-discretion pleading-requirements remand removal state-law-claims tort-law Whether the federal courts abused their discretion in usurping a states' power to adjudicate common law tort claims
18-27 Estate of Juanita Jackson, et al. v. Rubin Schron Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied all-writs-act bankruptcy bankruptcy-jurisdiction consent injunctive-relief judicial-authority jurisdiction non-core-proceedings permanent-injunction state-law-claims Can bankruptcy courts use the All Writs Act to expand their jurisdiction and authority beyond the confines of the Bankruptcy Code? And if so, can they…