No. 21-1198

Robert Dexter Weir, et al. v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2022-03-02
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: congressional-power extraterritorial-jurisdiction felonies-clause foreign-flagged-vessels foreign-nationals high-seas piracy-clause united-states-constitution
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess HabeasCorpus Immigration Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-03-25
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether congress's power to define and punish felonies committed on the high seas extends to conduct committed by foreign nationals on a foreign-flagged vessel, with no connection to the united states.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Congress's power to define and punish felonies committed on the high seas extends to conduct committed by foreign nationals on a foreign-flagged vessel, with no connection to the United States

Docket Entries

2022-03-28
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022.
2022-03-07
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-02-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 1, 2022)
2022-01-26
Application (21A367) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until February 28, 2022.
2022-01-24
Application (21A367) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 6, 2022 to February 28, 2022, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Robert Dexter Weir, et al.
Patrick Nicholas PetrocelliStroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent