territorial-governance

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-7698 Tristan Kareem Davis v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appointments-clause civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process executive-power senate-confirmation sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-maximum tenth-amendment territorial-governance Whether the court exceeded its authority by not having a jury at the sentencing hearing to sentence Davis beyond the statutory maximum
19-1305 Wanda Vázquez-Garced, Governor of Puerto Rico, et al. v. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, et al. First Circuit 2020-05-20 Denied democratic-governance democratic-representation elected-government fiscal-plan fund-reprogramming governance-of-territories oversight-board promesa promesa-section-202 promesa-section-204-c puerto-rico statutory-interpretation territorial-governance Whether the Oversight Board may preemptively override the elected Government's ability to request reprogramming of funds under PROMESA section 204(c) …
18-1496 Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of All Title III Debtors Other Than COFINA v. Aurelius Investment, LLC, et al. First Circuit 2019-05-31 Judgment Issued Amici (1)Response Waived administrative-law appointments-clause article-ii article-iv constitutional-law federal-jurisdiction financial-oversight financial-oversight-and-management-board financial-oversight-board oversight-board puerto-rico separation-of-powers territorial-clause territorial-governance Whether the Appointments Clause governs the appointment of members of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico