| 25-125 |
Kim Davis v. David Ermold, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-08-01 |
Denied |
Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
constitutional-defenses emotional-distress first-amendment free-exercise government-official tort-liability |
(1) Whether the First Amendment Free Exercise
Clause provides an affirmative defense to tort liability
based solely on emotional distress damages with… |
| 24-1001 |
Cotter Corporation, et al. v. Nikki Steiner Mazzocchio, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-03-20 |
Pending |
CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
atomic-energy-act federal-preemption nuclear-safety price-anderson-act standard-of-care tort-liability |
Whether federal nuclear safety regulations preempt state tort standards of care in public liability actions |
| 23-968 |
Steven Dakota Knezovich, et al. v. United States, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-03-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-court-split circuit-split discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act government-liability negligence sovereign-immunity tort-liability wildland-fire wildland-fire-response |
Is the United States liable for the negligence of wildland fire managers? |
| 22-1168 |
Center for Medical Progress, et al. v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-06-02 |
Denied |
Amici (5) |
civil-rights creative-pleading due-process emotional-distress first-amendment free-speech general-application-law public-speech publication standing tort tort-liability |
Does the First Amendment protect defendants against tort claims arising out of speech or expression? |
| 22-6064 |
Laura Fettig v. Hilton Garden Inns Management, LLC, et al. |
California |
2022-11-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights commercial-vehicle contract-preemption due-process federal-motor-carrier-safety-act legal-error preemption rule-60b1 tort-liability tort-negligence |
Whether the court of appeals correctly held that a contract claim preempts a tort cause of action for recovery from the negligence of a federally regi… |
| 21-6047 |
Fortuno Jeanfort v. Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees, aka Florida Atlantic University |
Florida |
2021-10-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
absolute-immunity civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-guarantees due-process pleading-standards public-official standing tort-liability |
Whether a university defendant can claim they are a public official to avoid liability for bank fraud, gross negligence, or tort liability |
| 21-398 |
Jesus Guerrero v. Diocese of Lubbock |
Texas |
2021-09-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
child-sexual-abuse defamation first-amendment free-speech religious-organization secular-audience tort-liability |
Whether the First Amendment shields a religious organization from tort liability for defamatory statements made to a secular audience regarding the se… |
| 20-914 |
TNT Crane & Rigging, Inc. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-08 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
construction-safety construction-site controlling-entity crane-operation crane-operator ground-conditions osha osha-regulation regulatory-interpretation tort-liability |
Whether 29 C.F.R. §1926.1402(b) imposes a duty on crane-operators |
| 20-374 |
Continental Resources, Inc. v. Zachary Buckles, Deceased, By and Through His Personal Representative, Nicole R. Buckles, et al. |
Montana |
2020-09-23 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
due-process federalism forum-contacts independent-contractors personal-jurisdiction sovereign-interest specific-jurisdiction tort-liability vicarious-liability |
Whether the 'arise out of or relate to' requirement of the personal-jurisdiction test is met when none of the defendant's forum contacts caused the pl… |
| 20-307 |
Shahrokh Mireskandari v. Barrington Mayne, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-09 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
common-law-immunity foreign-agents foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity governmental-organ jurisdictional-immunity sovereign-immunity state-department tort-liability tortious-conduct uk-government |
Whether the Law Society of England and Wales and the U.K. Solicitors Regulation Authority are entitled to sovereign immunity as 'organs' of a foreign … |
| 19-1108 |
DeRay Mckesson v. John Doe |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-10 |
GVR |
Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) |
civil-rights demonstration-law due-process first-amendment free-speech naacp-v-claiborne-hardware negligence negligence-action personal-liability protest protest-demonstration protest-liability standing tort-liability |
Do the First Amendment and this Court's decision in NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co. foreclose a state law negligence action? |
| 19-688 |
Wells Fargo & Co., et al. v. City of Miami, Florida |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-11-27 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
civil-procedure civil-rights fair-housing-act legal-causation private-litigation proximate-cause standing statutory-interpretation statutory-violation tort-liability |
Whether proximate cause in private litigation about the Fair Housing Act requires more than a 'logical bond' between the alleged statutory violation a… |
| 19-5720 |
Melinda Scott v. Joshua Moon, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-08-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
47-usc-230 civil-liability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process immunity internet-law invasion-of-privacy legal-standing privacy section-230 standing tort-liability |
Has Plaintiff Scott stated sufficient facts to support an Invasion of Privacy claim against Defendants Moon and Zaiger? |
| 19-153 |
Yasmeen Daniel, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Zina Daniel Haughton v. Armslist, LLC, et al. |
Wisconsin |
2019-08-01 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
47-usc-230 circuit-split civil-liability communications-decency-act internet-regulation section-230 state-civil-liability third-party-content tort-liability website-liability website-owners |
Does the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. §230's prohibition on treating providers of interactive computer services as publishers or speakers of … |
| 18-1090 |
Mary Kay Beckman v. Match.com, LLC |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-court-interpretation circuit-court-split civil-liability communications-decency-act immunity internet-immunity negligence publisher-liability section-230 third-party-content tort tort-liability website-immunity |
Petitioner seeks review of whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act immunizes website operators from liability for their own negligent or… |
| 18-632 |
Sherilyn J. LeRoux v. NCL (Bahamas), Ltd. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-11-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
comparative-negligence federal-circuits general-maritime-law maritime-law open-and-obvious recovery recovery-standard tort-liability uniformity |
Whether a finding of 'open and obvious' should act as a complete bar to recovery or merely a factor in apportioning fault under general maritime law |