No. 24-5159
Luis Marin and Luis Chavez v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-authority constitutional-power due-process felonies-clause high-seas international-law maritime-law statutory-interpretation vessel-status
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Latest Conference:
2024-09-30
Question Presented (from Petition)
I. Whether Congress' authority to "define and punish...Felonies committed on the high Seas," U.S. Const. art. I § 8, cl. 10 (the "Felonies Clause"), is limited by international principles?
II. Whether 46 U.S.C. § 70502(d)(1)(C), enacted under the Felonies Clause, conflicts with international law as to when a vessel may be treated as stateless?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Congress' authority to 'define and punish...Felonies committed on the high Seas,' U.S. Const. art. I § 8, cl. 10 (the 'Felonies Clause'), is limited by international principles?
Docket Entries
2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-08-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-08-05
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2024-08-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-07-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 28, 2024)
2024-05-16
Application (23A1018) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until July 25, 2024.
2024-05-15
Application (23A1009) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until July 25, 2024.
2024-05-13
Application (23A1018) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 26, 2024 to July 25, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.
2024-05-10
Application (23A1009) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 26, 2024 to July 25, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Attorneys
Luis Marin, et al.
Kenneth J. Troiano — Kenneth J. Troiano, Esq., Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent