| 24-236 |
Steve Campbell v. Tube-Mac Industries, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2024-08-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
co-inventor-rights federal-circuit patent-assignment patent-jurisdiction unclean-hands wipo-treaty |
Whether federal courts have jurisdiction to order patent co-inventors added to foreign patents under the WIPO Patent Cooperation Treaty and Federal Ci… |
| 20-421 |
Progressive Lawn Managers, Inc. v. Lawn Managers, Inc. |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-10-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
divorce-orders lanham-act mark-abandonment naked-licensing parallel-state-court-proceedings state-court-proceedings trademark-infringement unclean-hands |
Whether a federal court may disregard state-court constructions of divorce orders in a trademark infringement case |
| 19-942 |
Laurel Zuckerman, as Ancillary Administratrix of the Estate of Alice Leffmann v. The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Second Circuit |
2020-01-28 |
Denied |
Amici (7)Response Waived |
art-restitution civil-rights holocaust-expropriated-art-recovery-act holocaust-expropriation laches laches-defense nazi-persecution property-recovery statute-of-limitations unclean-hands |
Whether the nonstatutory defense of laches may bar an action to recover artwork lost because of Nazi persecution, where that action has been brought w… |
| 19-945 |
Fred S. Pardes v. Susan Doan |
California |
2020-01-28 |
Denied |
|
asset-concealment automatic-stay bankruptcy-fraud debtor-disclosure estoppel intentionally-omitted-assets post-discharge-injunction unclean-hands |
Whether a dishonest bankruptcy debtor has unclean hands or is estopped from seeking relief |
| 19-6140 |
Edwin P. Gant v. U. S. Bank Trust, et al. |
New Jersey |
2019-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
discovery-violation due-process foreclosure fraud fraud-in-lending legal-standing mortgage-assignment mortgage-foreclosure predatory-loan standing unclean-hands |
Whether the New Jersey Supreme Court violated the due process clause by failing to reconsider its original decision refusing to vacate summary judgmen… |
| 19-378 |
Alfred Lam, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure costs frcp-59(b) public-interest unclean-hands |
Whether the federal court abused its discretion granting costs to Respondents-Defendants despite their unclean hands and without any consideration of … |
| 18-1060 |
Michael A. Weiss, Individually and as Executor of the Estate of Jane L. Marsh, Deceased v. Stephen D. Marsh, as Executor of the Estate of Monroe F. Marsh, Deceased, et al. |
California |
2019-02-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-clauses constitutional-standing due-process fourth-amendment fundamental-justice jurisdiction legal-principles material-change pre-trial-seizure standing statutory-basis takings unclean-hands |
Whether specified principles of fundamental justice, including unclean hands, constitutionally prohibited the court from affirming distribution of pro… |
| 18-7438 |
Armando A. Villa v. Robert J. Kowalski |
Illinois |
2019-01-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-power appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights defamation due-process free-speech judicial-misconduct legal-procedure legal-profession rule-of-law standing unclean-hands |
Why would the United States Supreme Court refuse to hear the Appeal of a case in which an individual, who as an 'Honorable' member of the legal profes… |
| 18-378 |
Merck & Co., Inc., et al. v. Gilead Sciences, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2018-09-24 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
civil-procedure damages equitable-defense jury-verdict legal-relief patent separation-of-powers seventh-amendment unclean-hands |
Whether the equitable defense of unclean hands precludes legal relief in the form of damages |