No. 21-1198
Robert Dexter Weir, et al. v. United States
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
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 Petrocelli — Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent