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Sauer
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D. John Sauer · 42 cases
Mar 6
Next Conference (93 cases)
425
Experienced Counsel
pending cases
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Pending CVSGs
due-process
Top Issue This Term
248 cases
216
Cases with Amici
this term, paid
432
Relisted Cases
conferenced 2+ times
4.4%
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89
Rehearings Pending
denied, rehearing filed
70
New Petitions
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2.7
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distributions before granted
46,374
Total Cases Tracked
675
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241
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Ninth Circuit
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66
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Donald J. Trump, President o… v. Barbara
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135
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818
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74
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denied petitions
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Recent Grants

Case Title Lower Court Tags Question Presented
24-1260 Michael Watson, Mississippi Secretary of State v. Republican National Committee, et al. Fifth Circuit ballot-submission election-day-statutes federal-preemption mail-in-voting state-election-law voting-rights The federal election-day statutes—2 U.S.C. § 7, 2 U.S.C. § 1, and 3 U.S.C. § 1—set the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in certain years as …
25-406 Federal Communications Commission, et al. v. AT&T, Inc. Fifth Circuit administrative-law article-three communications-act judicial-review monetary-forfeiture seventh-amendment Whether the Communications Act provisions that govern the FCC's assessment and enforcement of monetary forfeitures are consistent with the Seventh Ame…
25-6 Thomas Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Incorporated Fifth Circuit bad-faith bankruptcy-law civil-claims judicial-estoppel judicial-integrity procedural-doctrine Whether the doctrine of judicial estoppel can be invoked to bar a plaintiff who fails to disclose a civil claim in bankruptcy filings from pursuing th…
25-170 Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc., et al. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, et al. Colorado 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-…
25-466 Ongkaruck Sripetch v. Securities and Exchange Commission Ninth Circuit circuit-split civil-enforcement disgorgement pecuniary-harm sec-enforcement statutory-interpretation Whether the SEC may seek equitable disgorgement under 15 U.S.C. 78u(d)(5) and (d)(7) without showing investors suffered pecuniary harm.
24-1238 Shawn Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, et al. Seventh Circuit common-law motor-carrier negligent-selection preemption safety-exception transportation-law Does § 14501(c) preempt a state common-law claim against a broker for negligently selecting a motor carrier or driver?
25-459 Michael Salazar v. Paramount Global, dba 247Sports Sixth Circuit audiovisual-services consumer-definition disclosure-liability personally-identifiable-information statutory-interpretation video-privacy-protection-act The question here is whether the phrase "goods or services from a video tape service provider," as used in the VPPA's definition of "consumer," refers…
25-498 Winston R. Anderson, et al. v. Intel Corporation Investment Policy Committee, et al. Ninth Circuit breach-of-duty erisa fiduciary-duty fund-performance investment-prudence prudent-man-standard Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), a plan fiduciary is subject to a "[p]rudent man standard of care," which requires t…
24-699 Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Corporación Cimex, S.A. (Cuba), et al. District of Columbia cuban-property-confiscation foreign-sovereign-immunity helms-burton-act international-law property-rights sovereign-immunity-exception Whether the Helms-Burton Act abrogates foreign sovereign immunity in cases against Cuban instrumentalities, or whether parties proceeding under that A…
25-95 Michael Pung, Personal Representative of the Estate of Timothy Scott Pung v. Isabella County, Michigan Sixth Circuit excessive-fine fair-market-value fifth-amendment government-seizure property-rights takings-clause 1. Whether taking and selling a home to satisfy a debt to the government, and keeping the surplus value as a windfall, violates the Takings Clause of …
25-197 T. M. v. University of Maryland Medical System Corporation, et al. Fourth Circuit appellate-procedure doctrine-interpretation federal-jurisdiction judicial-review rooker-feldman state-court Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine can be triggered by a state-court decision that remains subject to further review in state court.
24-1068 Monsanto Company v. John L. Durnell Missouri epa-approval failure-to-warn fifra-preemption pesticide-regulation product-labeling state-law-claim Whether FIFRA preempts a state-law failure-to-warn claim where EPA has repeatedly concluded that the warning is not required and the warning cannot be…
24-889 Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., et al. v. Amarin Pharma, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit carve-out generic-drugs hatch-waxman-act induced-infringement patent-infringement skinny-label 1. When a generic drug label fully carves out a patented use, are allegations that the generic drugmaker calls its product a "generic version" and cit…
25-112 Okello T. Chatrie v. United States Fourth Circuit cell-phone-privacy exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment geofence-warrant law-enforcement-search probable-cause 1. Whether the execution of the geofence warrant violated the Fourth Amendment. 2. Whether the exclusionary rule should apply to the evidence derived…
25-83 Adrian Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties, et al. Second Circuit arbitration-award diversity-jurisdiction federal-arbitration-act federal-question jurisdiction post-arbitration-application Under Sections 9 and 10 of the Federal Arbitration Act, a party may apply to confirm or vacate an arbitration award. But federal courts have limited j…
25-365 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Barbara, et al. First Circuit birthright-citizenship citizenship-clause constitutional-interpretation executive-order fourteenth-amendment immigration-law The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provides that those "born * * * in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof," are…
24-983 Havana Docks Corporation v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., et al. Eleventh Circuit cuban-regime foreign-policy libertad-act private-right-of-action property-confiscation trafficking The LIBERTAD Act is an essential pillar of United States foreign policy toward Cuba's hostile and anti-American regime. Title III of that Act creates …
25-567 Verizon Communications Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. Second Circuit article-iii communications-act customer-data fcc-penalties judicial-review seventh-amendment Whether the Communications Act violates the Seventh Amendment and Article III by authorizing the FCC to order the payment of monetary penalties for fa…
24-856 Cisco Systems, Inc., et al. v. Doe I, et al. Ninth Circuit aiding-and-abetting alien-tort-statute mens-rea private-right-of-action statutory-interpretation torture-victim-protection-act 1. Whether the Alien Tort Statute ("ATS"), 28 U.S.C. § 1350, allows a judicially-implied private right of action for aiding and abetting. 2. Whether,…
25-429 Pamela Bondi, Attorney General v. Muk Choi Lau Second Circuit immigration-law inadmissibility-grounds lawful-permanent-resident parole removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether, to remove an LPR who committed an offense listed in Section 1182(a)(2) and was subsequently paroled into the United States, the government mu…

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Recent Paid Petitions

Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Tags
25-1049 Gilbert P. Hyatt v. John A. Squires, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2026-03-04 Pending equitable-doctrine gap-filling-doctrine patent-act patent-examination patent-issuance prosecution-laches
25-1048 Amanda Wood v. Bexar County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2026-03-04 Pending false-arrest fourth-amendment malicious-prosecution monell-policies municipal-liability qualified-immunity
25-1047 Triumph Foods, LLC, et al. v. Andrea J. Campbell, Attorney General of Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit 2026-03-04 Pending constitutional-law dormant-commerce-clause express-preemption federal-meat-inspection-act federal-preemption implied-preemption
25-1046 BNSF Railway Company v. Tanner Lynn Minnesota 2026-03-04 Pending consent-by-registration dormant-commerce-clause due-process-clause forum-non-conveniens nonresident-corporations personal-jurisdiction
25-1045 Charles Albert Massey v. Joseph Walters, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2026-03-04 Pending confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination habeas-corpus preliminary-hearing unavailable-witness
25-1044 Princess Azizi Kuulei Kaiama v. United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, et al. Ninth Circuit 2026-03-04 Pending federal-question-jurisdiction international-law land-title-dispute mandamus native-hawaiian-sovereignty removal-jurisdiction
25-1042 Monsanto Company v. Daniel Anderson, et al. Missouri 2026-03-04 Pending None
25-1043 In Re Michael E. Tindall 2026-03-04 Pending None
25-1041 Anthony Lewis v. HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital Eleventh Circuit 2026-03-04 Pending attorney-sanctions federal-rules-civil-procedure first-amendment procedural-due-process rule-11-violations thirteenth-amendment
25-1040 Nicole Pileggi v. Washington Newspaper Publishing Company, LLC District of Columbia 2026-03-04 Pending audiovisual-services consumer-protection disclosure-liability personally-identifiable-information statutory-interpretation video-privacy-protection-act
25-1039 United States v. Jason Robert Hopson Tenth Circuit 2026-03-04 Pending federal-criminal-procedure felony-assault indian-country jury-instruction lesser-included-offense major-crimes-act
25-1037 Santander Consumer USA Inc. v. Jabari Morese Lyles Maryland 2026-03-03 Pending arbitration-agreements arbitration-enforcement contract-assignment Federal-Arbitration-Act preemption state-court-rules
25-1035 Nathaniel J. Buckley v. Department of Justice Second Circuit 2026-03-03 Pending agency-records exemption-7 foia-exemptions freedom-of-information-act law-enforcement-purposes statutory-interpretation
25-1036 Anthony A. Browne v. Kimberly K. Reynolds, in Her Official Capacity as Governor of Iowa, et al. Eighth Circuit 2026-03-03 Pending criminal-conviction felon-disenfranchisement fourteenth-amendment restoration-of-rights right-to-bear-arms second-amendment
25-1038 Edward Ronny Arnold v. Mountain Laural Assurance Company, et al. Sixth Circuit 2026-03-03 Pending None
25-1034 Adam J. Sherman v. United States Armed Forces 2026-03-02 Pending appellate-review complete-record-review criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-trial-hearings statutory-interpretation
25-1030 Christopher R. Cummins v. Illinois Illinois 2026-03-02 Pending constitutional-protection emergency-exception fourth-amendment police-conduct warrant-requirement warrantless-entry
25-1031 Julius Janisse v. Martin Luther King Jr., Los Angeles (MLK-LA) Healthcare Corporation California 2026-03-02 Pending appearance-of-bias due-process fourteenth-amendment harmless-error-doctrine judicial-recusal structural-error
25-1033 NRA Group, LLC v. Nicole Durenleau, et al. Third Circuit 2026-03-02 Pending computer-fraud-and-abuse-act defend-trade-secrets-act rule-of-lenity scienter-requirement trade-secrets unauthorized-access
25-1032 Anthony Dwayne Williams v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fifth Circuit 2026-03-02 Pending apportionment constitutional-taxation excise-tax income-tax sixteenth-amendment tax-law
25-1029 United States v. Edward Cockerham Fifth Circuit 2026-02-27 Pending appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-conviction felon-in-possession firearm-possession second-amendment
25-1028 Porter Smith v. Michigan Department of Corrections, et al. Sixth Circuit 2026-02-27 Pending americans-with-disabilities-act anti-discrimination circuit-split private-right-of-action rehabilitation-act retaliation-claims
25-1025 Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage v. United States Tenth Circuit 2026-02-26 Pending appellate-review brady-violation due-process prosecutorial-misconduct rule-33-motion witness-recantation
25-1027 San Diego Family Housing, LLC, a California Limited Liability Corporation, et al. v. Lena Childs, et al. Ninth Circuit 2026-02-26 Pending causal-nexus federal-jurisdiction federal-officer-removal government-contractor military-housing-privatization-initiative state-court-removal
25-1026 National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc., et al. v. Letitia James, Attorney General of New York Second Circuit 2026-02-26 Pending circuit-split firearms-liability predicate-exception Protection-of-Lawful-Commerce-in-Arms-Act statutory-interpretation tort-immunity

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